This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry Terms – Quiz 101 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 101 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The children's feet squished in the mud. A) Alliteration. B) Neither. C) Onomatopoeia. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Onomatopoeia. 2. A comparison between two unlike things thing in which one thing is spoken of as if it is was another A) Speaker. B) Shift of tone. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metaphor. 3. Crash, pow, click A) Onomatopoeia. B) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Onomatopoeia. 4. Arrangement of words in a poetic line or sentence A) Syntax. B) Cutting. C) Diction. D) Rhythm. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Syntax. 5. Which type of poetry tells a story? A) Lyric. B) Narrative. C) Haiku. D) Free Verse. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Narrative. 6. Comparison between two unlike things without using the words "like" or "as" A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Consonance. D) Assonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 7. The technique of showing that words, phrases, and clauses are comparable in context and importance by placing them side by side and making them similar in form. A) Parallelism. B) Personification. C) Sonnet. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Parallelism. 8. Words that represent sounds. A) Onomatopoeia. B) Alliteration. C) Metaphor. D) Synecdoche. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Onomatopoeia. 9. The repetition of words or ideas for emphasis A) Repetition. B) Metaphor. C) Anthropomorphization. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Repetition. 10. Comparing 2 things using is, are, was, or were A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Hyperbole. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 11. A comparison using the words like or as A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Rhyme. D) Mood. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 12. The first eight lines of an Italian or Petrarchan sonnet that sets up the problem of the topic A) Octave. B) Ode. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Octave. 13. A patterned use of rhyme, specifically at the end of lines is known as what? A) Patterned Rhyme. B) Repetition. C) Rhyme Scheme. D) Assonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rhyme Scheme. 14. What does the word "meter" mean in poetry? A) Use of words to create a picture that appeal to the five senses. B) A poem that does not use rhyme or patters. C) Counting beats in a line. D) Flow of the beat in a poem. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Counting beats in a line. 15. Chunks of lines in a poem A) Prose. B) Verse. C) Irregular structure. D) Stanzas. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Stanzas. 16. An idea or feeling that is associated with a word, in addition to its primary meaning A) Connotation. B) Denotation. C) Diction. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Connotation. 17. Poetry uses ..... devices like rhythm and rhyme. A) Sound. B) Sight. C) Taste. D) Touch. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sound. 18. "It's raining cats and dogs" A) Hyperbole. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Paradox. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 19. A way of indirectly referring to an idea A) Onomatopoeia. B) Allusion. C) Alliteration. D) Consonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Allusion. 20. Simile, Metaphor, Personification are all types of A) Figurative language. B) Literal language. C) Ambiguous language. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Figurative language. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesPoetry Terms Quiz 1Poetry Terms Quiz 2Poetry Terms Quiz 3Poetry Terms Quiz 4Poetry Terms Quiz 5Poetry Terms Quiz 6Poetry Terms Quiz 7Poetry Terms Quiz 8Poetry Terms Quiz 9Poetry Terms Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books