The theme is…?
A. A plot
B. A character
C. An address
D. The point a writer is trying to make about a subject
Concentrate on these elements when writing a good poem.
A. Characters, main idea, and theme
B. Purpose and audience
C. Theme, purpose, form, and mood
D. Rhyme and reason
Which is not a poetry form?
A. Epic
B. Tale
C. Ballad
D. Sonnet
Which is an example of a proverb?
A. Get a “stake” in our business.
B. You can’t have your cake and eat it, too
C. The snow was white as cotton.
D. You’re driving me crazy.
Which is an exaggeration?
A. Alliteration
B. Haiku
C. Hyperbole
D. Prose
Which of the following is not a poet?
A. William Shakespeare
B. Terry Saylor
C. Elizabeth B. Browning
D. Emily Dickinson
Who has defined ‘poetry’ as a fundamental creative act using languages?
A. H. W. Longfellow
B. Ralph Waldo Emerson
C. Dylan Thomas
D. William Wordsworth
What is a sonnet?
A. A poem of six lines
B. A poem of eight lines
C. A poem of twelve lines
D. A poem of fourteen lines
What is study of meter, rhythm and intonation of a poem called as?
A. Prosody
B. Allegory
C. Scansion
D. Assonance
Which figure of speech is it when a statement is exaggerated in a poem?
A. Onomatopoeia
B. Metonymy
C. Alliteration
D. Hyperbole