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How well do you know the poetic language? Test yourself with 10 questions at each try.

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          Like most living things, poetry has a language with special terms of its own.

         Sometimes, we receive reviews for our poems including some poetry terms.

         Sometimes, when we read a poem, we want recognize poetic devices the poet uses.

         Sometimes, we want to write poems using the poetic devices.

         All in these cases, knowing the terms enhances our appreciation of poetry.

         Here is a fun quiz to see how well you remember some of the terms of poetry.

          This quiz has a lot of questions. You may take it as many times as you wish. Each time you take it, it is possible to encounter different questions.

Good Luck!

1. Poetry Terms:
 What is a rhyme scheme?
       A metered line of verse        
       Words related in meaning        
       A pattern of end rhymes        
       A pattern of internal rhymes        
       Systematic implying of the same meaning in each line        
2. Poetry Terms:
 What do we mean when we say "diction" in a poem?
       Word choices or the vocabulary of the poem        
       All the words with concrete images        
       The sporadic use of a foreign language in a poem        
       The theme of the poem        
       A poem without line breaks        
3. Poetry Terms:
 What is assonance?
       Repetition of vowel sounds in different but closely placed words        
       Repetition of the same name in the beginning of each stanza        
       Repetition of assurances in different but closely placed lines        
       Another word for alliteration        
       Repetiton of the same phrase in the beginning of consecutive lines        
4. Poetry Terms:
 What is the poetic term for word pictures?
       Catachresis        
       Simile        
       Imagery        
       Allusion        
       Foreshadowing        
5. Poetry Form Term:
 What is an antiphon?
       A quiet, meditative poem        
       The consecutive placement of syllables with contrasting sounds        
       A poem with words and phrases put together from several unrelated sources        
       A poem that is a journal of the poet's daily activities ending in an epiphany        
       A poem in which two voices respond to one another in alternate verses or stanzas        
6. Poetry Terms:
 What is a collage poem?
       A poem with pictures or photos pasted on the side of the page it is written on        
       A visual poem that has a specific shape with each line printed ina different color        
       A poem with words and phrases put together from several unrelated sources        
       A poem that is a journal of the poet's daily activities        
       A poem made from lists of painting supplies        
7. Poetry Terms:
 What is caesura?
       The climax of the poem        
       A very short poem        
       A hint of what is to come next        
       A pause that falls naturally within a line of verse        
       The effect of implying a meaning        
8. Poetry Terms:
 What is conceit?
       Making fun of a public figure in the first part of an epic        
       Writing a poem with an archaic diction        
       Writing free verse with lines haphazardly turning over        
       Comparing two extremely dissimilar things like the sun to a worm        
       The build up of parallel lines to create emotion        
9. Poetry terms:
 "*Once in a life, they tell us, // and once only,* *So great a thing as a great love may come--* *To crown us, // or to mark us with a scar *No craft or custom shall obliterate"* From Roman Bartholow by Edwin Arlington Robinson---- What is the pause called, which falls naturally within a line of verse and is sometimes designated by a mark like // in scansion?
       Alexandrine        
       Caesura        
       Metaphor        
       Anaphora        
       Apostrophe        
10. Poetry Terms:
 What is accentual verse?
       Measure of the length of a stanza for example 4 lines, 6 lines, or 7 lines        
       A rhyme scheme with strict end rhymes        
       A rhymed couplet following a stanza        
       Verse in which only the accents or stresses are counted for meter        
       Free verse containing internal rhymes        
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