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Question #1
Which poetic device is exhibited in the following lines? “Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows, / And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows … .”
A.   consonance
B.   assonance
C.   onomatopoeia
D.   alliteration
Question #2
Of what in particular does Pope complain here? “Where’er you find ‘the cooling western breeze,’ / In the next line, it ‘whispers through the trees’; / If crystal streams ‘with pleasing murmurs creep,’ / The reader’s threatened (not in vain) with ‘sleep.’”
A.   rhyme in general
B.   poems about the wind and rivers
C.   clichéd and overused rhymes
D.   Denham and Waller
Question #3
From which longer poem is “Sound and Sense” excerpted?
A.   “Eloisa to Abelard”
B.   An Essay on Man
C.   “Windsor Forest”
D.   An Essay on Criticism
Question #4
Match the term with the most appropriate definition. Rhyme
A.   when the last words in two or more lines rhyme
B.   poetry written without rhyme or regular meter
C.   repetition of the ending sounds of words
Question #5
Match the term with the most appropriate definition. Free Verse
A.   when words within the lines of poetry rhyme
B.   when the last words in two or more lines rhyme
C.   poetry written without rhyme or regular meter
Question #6
Match the term with the most appropriate definition. End Rhyme
A.   words that look like they should rhyme but don't sound the same - i.e bear and ear
B.   when words within the lines of poetry rhyme
C.   when the last words in two or more lines rhyme
Question #7
Match the term with the most appropriate definition. Internal Rhyme
A.   repetition of the ending sounds of words
B.   when words within the lines of poetry rhyme
C.   words that look like they should rhyme but don't sound the same - i.e bear and ear
Question #8
Match the term with the most appropriate definition. Eye Rhyme
A.   poetry written without rhyme or regular meter
B.   words that look like they should rhyme but don't sound the same - i.e bear and ear
C.   repetition of the ending sounds of words
Question #9
Poetry originated as an oral art form and therefore relies on memory devices like rhyme to help reciters remember them.
A.   False
B.   True
Question #10
Technically, rhyme requires that words share consonants and vowel sounds.
A.   True
B.   False
Question #11
Match the term with the most appropriate definition.Onomatopoeia
A.   the repetition of consonant ususally at the end of words
B.   the repetition of the initial consonant sounds
C.   a word that sounds like what it means
Question #12
Match the term with the most appropriate definition.Alliteration
A.   the repetition of consonant ususally at the end of words
B.   the repetition of the initial consonant sounds
C.   the repetition of vowel sounds
Question #13
Match the term with the most appropriate definition.Consonance
A.   a word that sounds like what it means
B.   the repetition of consonant ususally at the end of words
C.   the repetition of vowel sounds
Question #14
Match the term with the most appropriate definition.Assonance
A.   a word that sounds like what it means
B.   the repetition of the initial consonant sounds
C.   the repetition of vowel sounds
Question #15
The three italicized (I, ice, eye) words in - I somehow got ice in my eye - are examples of assonance.
A.   False
B.   True
Question #16
The following italicized words (skis , igloo) are an example of assonance - I left my skis in the igloo.
A.   True
B.   False

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