This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry Terms – Quiz 121 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 121 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Paradox A) The giving of human qualities to an animal, object, or idea. B) The giving of human qualities to an animal, object, or idea. C) A statement that seems contradictory but is actually true. D) A statement that seems contradictory but is actually true. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A statement that seems contradictory but is actually true. 2. The patterns of rhymes used in a poem, marked by letters to symbolize pattern A) Stanza. B) Rhyme scheme. C) Denotation. D) Connotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rhyme scheme. 3. A group of words placed together similar to a paragraph is called a- A) Figurative language. B) Poetry. C) Stanza. D) Line. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stanza. 4. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I have a dream" is an example of ..... A) Alliteration. B) Assonance. C) Anaphora. D) Enjambment. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Anaphora. 5. " Once upon a midnight dreary while I pondered weak and weary, "-Edgar Allan Poe, "The Raven" A) Metaphor. B) Alliteration. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 6. A grouping of lines of verse in a pattern usually repeated throughout the poem A) Poetry. B) Couplet. C) Stanza. D) Sonnet. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stanza. 7. Word endings that sound exactly alike, but the beginnings are different A) Exact rhyme. B) Internal rhyme. C) Approximate rhyme. D) End rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Exact rhyme. 8. Definition:Rhyme A) A word or phase used over and over again. B) The sound of the end of a word. C) The repetition of a sound in two or more words. D) Words used to imitate sounds. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The repetition of a sound in two or more words. 9. "You are my sunshine" is an example of A) Onomatopoeia. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 10. The repetition of vowel sounds within words, phrases or sentences A) Alliteration. B) Assonance. C) Poetry. D) Connotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Assonance. 11. The scarlet ibis representing Doodle is an example of: A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Hyperbole. D) Symbolism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Symbolism. 12. Restating the same words or phrases A) Sound device. B) Repetition. C) Allusion. D) Rhythm. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Repetition. 13. Which is the best example of sibilance? A) "Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout". B) "Peter Piper picked a pack of pickled peppers". C) "Mary had a little lamb/its fleece was white as snow". D) "rubbery blubbery macaroni". Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout". 14. A regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables is ..... A) Rhythm. B) Pace. C) Tone. D) Meter. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Meter. 15. What type of figurative language compares similar items without using 'like' or 'as'? A) Simile. B) Rhyme. C) Alliteration. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metaphor. 16. The overall mood, attitude, or feeling of the poem. A) Tone. B) Imagery. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tone. 17. Japanese-style poem written in three linesFocuses traditionally on natureLines respectively are 5 syllables, 7 syllables, and 5 syllables A) Limerick. B) Couplet. C) Quatrain. D) Haiku. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Haiku. 18. Rhyme Scheme is the pattern of rhyming words in a poem. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 19. The crunch of leaves under my feet and the chill of the wind around me A) Personification. B) Imagery. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Parallelism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Imagery. 20. The "attitude" of the author toward the audience and characters (e.g., serious or humorous). A) Ballad. B) Tone. C) Stanza. D) Narrative poem. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tone. ← 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