This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry Terms – Quiz 122 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 122 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Compares two apparently unlike things without the use of a connecting word A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Analogy. D) Figurative language. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 2. Which word means the repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of a group of words? A) Alliteration. B) Lyric. C) Meter. D) Stanza. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 3. A pause within a line of poetry, sometimes punctuated, sometimes not, often mirroring natural speech A) Rhythm. B) Rhyme. C) Enjambment. D) Cutting. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cutting. 4. What is the syllabic pattern of this haiku?Winter by the pondice hangs from a craggy treeWhere did the frogs go? A) 4-6-4. B) 5-7-5. C) 5-6-5. D) 5-7-4. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 5-7-5. 5. A form of writing in verseWhile many of these consist of lines that rhyme, rhyming is not necessary. A) Poem. B) Ballad. C) Metaphor. D) Verse. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Poem. 6. What is the purpose of using alliteration in poetry? A) To convey complex emotions. B) To create a visual effect. C) To confuse the reader. D) To create a musical and rhythmic effect. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To create a musical and rhythmic effect. 7. Repeated vowel sounds A) Assonance. B) Alliteration. C) Nomenclature. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Assonance. 8. What is the correct term for the following definition? The regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem:AABBA, ABACDC, etc. A) Assonance. B) Metaphor. C) Rhyme Scheme. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rhyme Scheme. 9. The name given to poetry that doesn't use any strict meter or rhyme scheme. A) Meter. B) Ballad. C) Free Verse. D) Mood. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Free Verse. 10. Writing that has a beat has ..... A) Repetition. B) Rhyme. C) Structure. D) Rhythm. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rhythm. 11. Characteristic speech and thought patterns in a work of literature. A) Voice. B) Style. C) Personification. D) Mood. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Voice. 12. What is the style of a limerick? A) Happy. B) Humorous. C) Sad. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Humorous. 13. Which is an example of an idiom ..... A) The apple of my eye. B) Wild as a lion. C) BAM!. D) Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The apple of my eye. 14. Similes A) He stormed into the meeting like a tornado. B) He was a tornado in the meeting. C) He hummed highly at her. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He stormed into the meeting like a tornado. 15. Match the meaning to the word:Comparing two things using like or as A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Protagonist. D) Poetry. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 16. Sensory details that an author uses to put a picture in the reader's mind. A) Personification. B) Imagery. C) Hyperbole. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Imagery. 17. Is elision a figure of speech in which a writer or speaker says less than what he or she means; the opposite of exaggeration? A) Yes. B) No. C) Sometimes. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. 18. The arrangement of stressed and unstressed syllables A) Run-on line. B) Refrain. C) Rhythm. D) Rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rhythm. 19. Words that almost rhyme but do not make a complete rhyme A) Partial rhyme. B) Complete rhyme. C) Internal rhyme. D) End rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Partial rhyme. 20. The beat created by the sound of the words in the poem. A) Revolution. B) Repetition. C) Rhyme. D) Rhythm. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rhythm. ← 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