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Haiku Techniques and Devices

Welcome to the Haiku Techniques and Devices Quiz! Test your knowledge of the techniques and devices used in this traditional Japanese form of poetry.

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Questions

Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a haiku?

  1. Three lines
  2. 17 syllables
  3. A nature reference
  4. A rhyme scheme
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The first line of a haiku typically has how many syllables?

  1. 5
  2. 7
  3. 10
  4. 12
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The second line of a haiku typically has how many syllables?

  1. 5
  2. 7
  3. 10
  4. 12
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The third line of a haiku typically has how many syllables?

  1. 5
  2. 7
  3. 10
  4. 12
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the term for a word or phrase that creates a vivid image in the reader's mind?

  1. Imagery
  2. Metaphor
  3. Simile
  4. Personification
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the term for a figure of speech that compares two unlike things using the words 'like' or 'as'?

  1. Imagery
  2. Metaphor
  3. Simile
  4. Personification
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the term for a figure of speech that gives human qualities to an animal, object, or idea?

  1. Imagery
  2. Metaphor
  3. Simile
  4. Personification
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the term for a figure of speech that makes an implicit comparison between two unlike things without using the words 'like' or 'as'?

  1. Imagery
  2. Metaphor
  3. Simile
  4. Personification
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is an example of a haiku?

  1. The old pond, a frog jumps in, the sound of water.
  2. I wandered lonely as a cloud that floats on high o'er vales and hills.
  3. Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary.
  4. The world is too much with us; late and soon, getting and spending, we lay waste our powers.
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is an example of imagery?

  1. The old pond, a frog jumps in, the sound of water.
  2. The world is too much with us; late and soon, getting and spending, we lay waste our powers.
  3. Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary.
  4. I wandered lonely as a cloud that floats on high o'er vales and hills.
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is an example of a metaphor?

  1. The world is too much with us; late and soon, getting and spending, we lay waste our powers.
  2. Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary.
  3. I wandered lonely as a cloud that floats on high o'er vales and hills.
  4. The old pond, a frog jumps in, the sound of water.
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is an example of a simile?

  1. The old pond, a frog jumps in, the sound of water.
  2. Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary.
  3. I wandered lonely as a cloud that floats on high o'er vales and hills.
  4. The world is too much with us; late and soon, getting and spending, we lay waste our powers.
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is an example of personification?

  1. The old pond, a frog jumps in, the sound of water.
  2. Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary.
  3. The world is too much with us; late and soon, getting and spending, we lay waste our powers.
  4. I wandered lonely as a cloud that floats on high o'er vales and hills.
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the term for the pause or break in the middle of a haiku?

  1. Kireji
  2. Juxtaposition
  3. Enjambment
  4. Caesura
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the term for the juxtaposition of two contrasting images or ideas in a haiku?

  1. Kireji
  2. Juxtaposition
  3. Enjambment
  4. Caesura
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