Which word is spelled incorrectly?
simile
hyperbole
metapher
imagery
Which spelling is incorrect?
chapter
accept
sease
benefit
Ozymandias was
a character on a famous TV show.
another name for Napoleon.
a mythical character.
the Greek name for Pharaoh Ramsess II.
Which spelling is correct?
accept
ecept
eccept
axcept
Who was the first epic poet in European culture?
Hesiod
Socrates
Shakespeare
Homer
James Berry was
won the Nobel Prize.
worked as a doctor.
an American voice of the Harlem Renaissance.
a Jamaican who emigrated to the UK.
What form of language is being used in the gif?
proverb
idiom
cliche
all of these
Dickinson mostly used which meter?
iambic pentameter
iambic tetrameter
sonnets
free verse
Emily Dickinson
all of the above
was almost unknown in her lifetime.
spent her entire life in Amherst, Massachusetts.
became a recluse.
What is a euphemism for "flatulence?"
rock the boat
break wind
stink up a room
fail upward
Percy Bysse Shelley
all of these.
an Englisman who spent much of his life in Italy.
died young.
was married to the author of Frankenstein.
Which of the following is a correct sentence?
I can't wait for this poetry class to end!
If your a poet you will be poor.
Poetry is very boring, it won't help me get a job.
When the poetry starts.
Who wrote The Gift of the Magi?
Voltaire (Francois Marie Arouet)
George Eliot (Mary Anne Evans)
O. Henry (William Sydney Porter)
George Orwell (Eric Arthur Blair)
How many lines in a sonnet?
5
14
12
3
What is the theme of Kipling's "IF?"
all of these
courage
perseverence (persisting despite obstacles)
maturity
Shakespeare's meter in his plays is unrhymed iambic pentameter, also known as:
couplets
epics
blank verse
sonnets
What is a euphemism for "short?"
ravenous
allegory
diminutive
luminous
What does James Berry want to remove from his beloved's world?
maybe all of these
imperfection
color
pain
Which of the following best describes this fellow?
curmudgeon
apathetic
diminutive
ravenous
Which word is NOT pictured here?
paucity
abundance
superfluity
excess
Which spelling is correct?
aparrent
apparent
apparint
apparrent
A story that resembles the theme and narrative of another story is called an:
benefit
allegory
chapter
morality
What imagery and ideas does Frost use in some of his poems?
woods
snow and ice
decisions
all of these
What literary device depicts nature in sympathy with the protagonist's mood?
pathetic fallacy
onomatopoeia
imagery
hyperbole
Which word is spelled incorrectly?
authority
average
cease
breif
Which of the following is NOT a lyric poem?
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
Ozymandias
What is No Good
If-
A cinquain is
a stanza with 5 lines.
a line with 5 iambic feet.
a line with 5 trochaic feet.
a stanza with 4 lines.
Which word is spelled correctly?
assure
asure
ashure
asshure
Rudyard Kipling
was an Englishman who spen years in India.
all of these
wrote The Jungle Book.
won the Nobel Prize for Literature.
Which spelling is correct?
acount
akownt
uccount
account
William Butler Yeats
all of these.
won the Nobel Prize for Literature.
was Irish.
wrote "The Lake Isle of Innisfree."
Which spelling is correct?
haikoo
haiku
high-ku
hikoo
Which of the following contains an error? Describe the problem.
All of them.
Were flying to Paris for christmas.
Are you're Grandparents coming from Barcelona spain.
Their going to egypt for the Holidays.
Robert Frost
didn't like being around people.
was unknown in his lifetime.
is one of the most famous American poets.
wrote limericks for children.
Trochaic tetrameter
stresses the second, fourth, sixth and eighth syllables.
stresses the first, second and third syllables.
stresses the first, third and fifth syllables.
stresses the first, third, fifth and seventh syllables.
Which word means refers to a nice way of saying something not so nice?
allegory
curmudgeon
luminous
euphemism
Why do we call multiple haiku "haiku" and not "haikus?"
It sounds more sophisticated.
The "s" sound doesn't exist in Japanese.
Japanese nouns aren't pluralized (though some pronouns are).
Japanese is a syllabary rather than an alphabet.
Which word best describes this scene?
luminous
balderdash
flatulence
paucity
Which of the following would we use in this sentence? "Are we _______ yet?"
their all write
they're
their
there
Which adjective best describes his behavior?
cantankerous
apathetic
average
flatulent
"Approach" can be a noun AND a verb.
True
False
Benefit can be a noun AND an adjective.
True
False
Which spelling is correct?
eccompany
ucompenie
acompany
accompany
Which word means something ridiculous that is obviously not right?
balderdash
average
ravenous
allegory
What is the theme of The Gift of the Magi?
irony
all of these
love
sacrifice