Quiz of Poetry

What kind of figure is represented in the next extract:

“I didn’t have any bus fare, but fortunately some good Samaritan helped me out!”

• Allegory

• Allusion

• Ambiguity

What is the correct word for the following definition?

“The exact, literal meaning of a word”

• Connotation

• Denotation

• Allusion

What type of poem is this one?

Sick on a journey -

Over parched field

Dreams wander on

• Free verse

• Cinquains

• Haiku

1. Type the 6 elements of poetry, do not use capital letters nor numbers, and separate each one by a comma. (Example: blue, purple, green, yellow, orange).

What is the correct word for the following definition?

“Same syllable or word sounds, often occurring at the end of lines of poetry. “

• Rhythm

• Rhyme

• Diction

What is the correct word for the following definition?

“comparison between two objects using like, as, or than”

• metaphor

• Alliteration

• Simile

What is the correct word for the following definition?

“lines of poetry that are grouped as a unit and offset from other lines with a space.”

• Stanza

• Sonnet

• Couplet

What is the correct word for the following definition?

“A short narrative poem with stanzas of two or four lines and possibly a refrain that most frequently deals with folklore or popular legends and is suitable for singing.”

• Ode

• Ballad

• Elegy

Read the following poem: Sonnet 18 by William Shakespeare, and analyze the underline words, type what figure is used in that part. (do nor use punctuation or capital letters)

Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?

Thou art more lovely and more temperate:

Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,

And summer’s lease hath all too short a date:

Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,

And often is his gold complexion dimm’d;

And every fair from fair sometime declines,

By chance or nature’s changing course untrimm’d;

But thy eternal summer shall not fade

Nor lose possession of that fair thou owest;

Nor shall Death brag thou wander’st in his shade,

When in eternal lines to time thou growest:

So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,

So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.

What is the correct word for the following definition?

"literature that evokes a concentrated imaginative awareness of experience or a specific emotional response through language chosen and arranged for its meaning, sound, and rhythm."

• Poetry

• Novels

• Epistles