This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Genres > Poetry > Poetry Terms – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 2 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What literary device is this?A family is like a circle.The connection never ends, and even if at times it breaks, in time it always mends. A) Simile. B) Repetition. C) Metaphor. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 2. Repeating an initial consonant sound A) Assonance. B) Alliteration. C) Consonance. D) Diction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 3. What is the Moral or ..... of the story? A) Suggested. B) Rhythm. C) Lesson. D) Literal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lesson. 4. What is the definition of rhythm in poetry? A) The words an author uses to create a certain mood. B) Rhythmical patterns of stressed and unstressed syllables in poetry. C) Repeating the same words or phrases. D) A paragraph in poetry. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rhythmical patterns of stressed and unstressed syllables in poetry. 5. What are consonant sounds? A) A, E, I, O, U, And Y. B) All except A, E, I, O, U, And Y. C) S, d, j, k and f only. D) Th, ph, gh, sh, and ch. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) All except A, E, I, O, U, And Y. 6. True or false:A haiku is a Japanese style poem written in three lines, focuses traditionally on nature themes, and has a pattern of 5 words, 7 words, 5 words A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 7. Poetry that does not have a regular meter or rhyme scheme. A) Free verse. B) Lyric poem. C) Haiku. D) Narrative poem. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Free verse. 8. A device that compares things using the words 'like' or 'as' A) Simile. B) Sibilance. C) Personification. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 9. Compares one thing with another using the words "like" or "as" A) Personification. B) Metaphor. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simile. 10. A strong or accented syllable A) Unstressed. B) Stressed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stressed. 11. Carefully chosen words help the reader feel emotion. A) Line. B) End Rhyme. C) Message. D) Mood. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mood. 12. This is something concrete that represents and idea, feeling, or emotion. A) Theme. B) Personification. C) Hyperbole. D) Symbol. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Symbol. 13. A comparison between two unlike things WITHOUT using the terms 'like' or 'as' A) Simile. B) Connotation. C) Hyperbole. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metaphor. 14. Which is NOT true of free verse? A) Free verse poetry can cover any subject matter. B) Free verse poetry does not have rhyming patterns. C) Free verse poetry can express any feelings or emotions. D) Free verse poetry always uses correct punctuation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Free verse poetry always uses correct punctuation. 15. Which is an example of a simile? A) The rain swooshed through the city. B) The rain made my suit slick, , squeaky, and sweaty. C) It rained like cats and dogs. D) The rain spit down quickly. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It rained like cats and dogs. 16. Relying on humor or satire, a three-line poem with five-seven-five syllable lines is a/an A) Manga. B) Haiku. C) Anime. D) Thousand Liu. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Thousand Liu. 17. It was many and many a year ago, In a kingdom by the sea, That a maiden there lived whom you may know I was a child and she was a child, In this kingdom by the sea, But we loved with a love that was more than love-"Annabel Lee" -Edgar Allan Poe Where is the refrain in this poem? A) Many and many. B) I was a child. C) In a kingdom by the sea. D) I and my Annabel Lee. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In a kingdom by the sea. 18. A typical character, an action, or a situation that seems to represent universal patterns of human nature; "universal symbol" A) Enjambment. B) Motif. C) Metrics. D) Archetype. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Archetype. 19. A comparison of two things using "like, as than" or "resembles" A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Idioms. D) Rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 20. Repeating the same words or phrases at the beginning of sentences, phrases or paragraphs. A) Anaphora. B) Exact rhyme. C) Internal rhyme. D) Rhyme scheme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anaphora. 21. Using words with the same beginning sound is called A) Rhyme. B) Rhythm. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alliteration. 22. Two lines that rhyme, but they also often have the same meter, or rhythmic structure in a verse or line A) Rhythm. B) Stanza. C) Couplet. D) Rhyme scheme. E) Meter. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Couplet. 23. What type of figurative language is this statement:Love is a thrill ride. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 24. What is a line break? A) A place where a line ends. B) The repetition of sounds at the beginning of words. C) The message of a poem. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A place where a line ends. 25. What is the definition of poetry? A) A piece of writing with figurative language and repeated rhythm. B) The writings of a poet. C) A set of lines grouped together in a poem. D) A word that has the same sound as another word. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The writings of a poet. 26. Approximate rime A) A line of poetry that ends with a punctuation mark. B) Poetry with the primary purpose of teaching or preaching. C) A foot usually contains one stressed syllable and at least one unstressed syllable. D) A term used for words in a rhyming pattern that have some kind of sound correspondence but are not perfect rhymes. Often words at the end of lines at first seem like they will rhyme but are not pronounced in perfect rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A term used for words in a rhyming pattern that have some kind of sound correspondence but are not perfect rhymes. Often words at the end of lines at first seem like they will rhyme but are not pronounced in perfect rhyme. 27. The yellow dog Was sitting on a log.Is this an example of A) Metaphor?. B) Rhyme?. C) Repetition?. D) Simile?. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rhyme?. 28. The musical quality of a poem A) Song. B) Meter. C) Tone. D) Rhythm. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rhythm. 29. What is the meaning of the term 'rhyme'? A) Repetition of similar sounds at the end of two or more words. B) Repetition of similar sounds at the beginning of two or more words. C) Repetition of similar sounds in the middle of two or more words. D) Repetition of similar meanings in two or more words. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Repetition of similar sounds at the end of two or more words. 30. Which of the following is an example of a simile? A) My greatest achievement was the time I smiled for an entire day. B) My smile was like a beam of sunshine. C) The child ran through the woods as if he belonged there. D) A parent will always be a security blanket for their child. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) My smile was like a beam of sunshine. 31. "Her eyes are green as emeralds, " is an example of what figurative language? A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Alliteration. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 32. When a word or phrase is repeated in a poem. A) Alliteration. B) Repetition. C) Stanza. D) Rhythm. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Repetition. 33. Group of lines forming a unit in a poem or song, similar to paragraph in prose A) Refrain. B) Stanza. C) Allusion. D) Symbolism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stanza. 34. Two lines of verse, usually in the same meter and joined by rhyme, form a A) Verse. B) Couplet. C) Metaphor. D) Rhyme scheme. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Couplet. 35. A comparison of two unlike things without using the word like or as. A) Alliteration. B) Personification. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 36. "Life is one long scary rollercoaster" is an example of ..... A) Figurative language. B) Symbol. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 37. I died of embarrassment A) Hyperbole. B) Alliteration. C) Paradox. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 38. What is the following an example of? The boy was so bored by the lesson, he was pulling his hair out. A) Personification. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Hyperbole. D) Similarly. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 39. Poetry without regular meter, rhyme, or line length A) Free verse. B) Theme. C) Stanza. D) Cross-reference. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Free verse. 40. Free verse has no rhyme scheme pattern or metrical pattern A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 41. The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of syllables A) Imagery. B) Alliteration. C) Internal rhyme. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 42. What is a lyric poem A) The line or phrase on which a poem 'turns' or shifts focus. B) A short, non-narrative poem presenting a speaker who expresses a state of mind or a feeling. C) Poetry without a regular pattern of meter or rhyme. It is not bound by earlier poetic conventions requiring poems to adhere to an explicit and identifiable meter and rhyme scheme in a form such as a sonnet or a ballad. D) When the sense of a sentence pauses or stops at the end of a line of poetry. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A short, non-narrative poem presenting a speaker who expresses a state of mind or a feeling. 43. A fourteen line poem written in iambic pentameter A) Sonnet. B) Ballad. C) Haiku. D) Rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sonnet. 44. The atmosphere or feelings the author creates for the reader. A) Rhyme scheme. B) Internal rhyme. C) Tone. D) Mood. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mood. 45. Similarity or likeness of sound existing between two words A) Rhythm. B) Refrain. C) Rhyme. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rhyme. 46. What is being personified:The wind sang a sad song. A) Song. B) Wind. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wind. 47. The way a poem looks is its ..... A) Stanza. B) Set-up. C) Form. D) Sentences. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Form. 48. Songlike poems that tell stories. They often deal with adventure or romance. A) Narrative. B) Haiku. C) Lyric. D) Ballad. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ballad. 49. The repetition of (beginning) consonant sounds. A) Alliteration. B) Assonance. C) Symbol. D) Stanza. E) Rhythm. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 50. What form of poetry is funny, silly, and may rhyme? A) Narrative. B) Free Verse. C) Humorous. D) Lyric. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Humorous. 51. Which term means the repetition of a vowel sound? A) Alliteration. B) Assonance. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Rhyme scheme. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Assonance. 52. The stressed and unstressed syllables. An example:1 2 3 4 5 Shall I I com PARE I thee TO I a SUM I mer's DAY? A) Meter. B) Alliteration. C) Repetition. D) Assonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Meter. 53. Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers A) Alliteration. B) Metaphor. C) Speaker. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 54. Emotions and ideas associated with a word; can be positive, negative, or neutral A) Denotation. B) Connotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Connotation. 55. A CHARACTER IN CONFLICT WITH THE MAIN CHARACTER (THE PROTAGONIST) A) Friends. B) ANTAGONIST. C) Cup. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) ANTAGONIST. 56. The thoughts, feelings, and images associated with a word. A) Connotation. B) Idiom. C) Imagery. D) Denotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Connotation. 57. A strong, regular, repeated pattern of movement or sound A) Simile. B) Rhythm. C) Pun. D) Ballad. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rhythm. 58. A repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of two or more nearby words A) Assonance. B) Consonance. C) Alliteration. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 59. Which vocabulary word is being defined? The repetition of sounds at the end of words, such as pool, rule, and fool? A) Simile. B) Rhyme. C) Rhythm. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rhyme. 60. What is the best way to explain what a stanza is? A) A mini paragraph. B) The amount of lines in a poem. C) A rhyme scheme. D) A poem. 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