Poetry Test Study Guide

5 Written Questions

1. A form of language use in which writers and speakers convey something other than the literal meaning of their words.
2. A strong pause within a line of verse.
3. A pair of rhymed lines that may or may not constitute a separate stanza in a poem.
4. The repetition of similar vowel sounds.
5. A line of poetry or prose in unrhymed iambic pentameter.

5 Matching Questions

1. Lyric poem
2. Symbol
3. Anaphora
4. Onomatopoeia
5. Free verse

1. a Poetry without a regular pattern of a meter or rhyme.
2. b When successive phrases or lines begin with the same words. Ex. "I am a rock. I am an island."
3. c An object or action in a literary work that means more than itself, that stands for something beyond itself.
4. d The use of words to imitate sounds they describe. Ex. Buzz and crack are onomatopoetic.
5. e A type of poem characterized by brevity, compression, and the expression of feeling. A short poem. Mother to Son.

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. The selection of words in a literary work.
   1. Diction
   2. Alliteration
   3. Symbol
   4. Denotation
2. A run-on line of poetry in which logical and grammatical sense carries over from one line to the next. -Sentence that flows from one line to the next.
   1. Speaker
   2. Couplet
   3. Enjambment
   4. Anaphora
3. A poem that tells a story. The Raven. Lochinvar.
   1. Onomatopoeia
   2. Free verse
   3. Lyric poem
   4. Narrative poem
4. The dictionary meaning of a word.
   1. Connotation
   2. Diction
   3. Denotation
   4. Alliteration
5. A form of language in which writers and speakers mean exactly what their words denote. Opposite of figurative language.
   1. Figurative language
   2. Alliteration
   3. Assonance
   4. Literal language

5 True/False Questions

1. Alliteration → The dictionary meaning of a word.

   True        False

2. Connotation → The dictionary meaning of a word.

   True        False

3. Ode → A long poem in stanzas of varied length, meter, and form. A poem devoted to something or someone.

   True        False

4. Image/Imagery → The narrator of the poem. This is not necessarily the poet.

   True        False

5. Speaker → A strong pause within a line of verse.

   True        False