This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry Terms – Quiz 132 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 132 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. I ..... when I saw how spooky the haunted house was. A) Shuddered. B) Narrative. C) Memorized. D) I wish I would've studied. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Shuddered. 2. What is an Epigraph? A) A comparison of two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'. B) A quote or statement before a poem. C) An over exaggeration to make a point. D) The repeating of sounds at the beginning of words. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A quote or statement before a poem. 3. The way in which a poem is written; can vary in length A) Structure. B) Line. C) Free verse. D) Sound devices. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Line. 4. When something inhuman (inanimate, animal, or even an idea) is given human-like qualities, it is referred to as:"The smiling sun" A) Personification. B) Hyperbole. C) Allusion. D) Rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 5. What vocabulary word means:Noisy, Energetic, Cheerful, Rowdy A) Boisterous. B) They hesitate. C) Rigorous. D) Prominent. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Boisterous. 6. An occasion in a play, film, or other work in which a character's words or actions convey a meaning unperceived by the character but understood by the audience A) Dramatic irony. B) Anticlimax. C) Personification. D) Diction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dramatic irony. 7. ..... is the term for poetry that follows set rules about format and structure. A) STRUCTURED VERSE. B) FREE VERSE. C) CONCRETE VERSE. D) RIGID VERSE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) STRUCTURED VERSE. 8. Types of Stanzas:A two-line stanza is ..... A) Couplet. B) Triplet. C) Quatrain. D) Line. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Couplet. 9. "The candy melted in her mouth and swirls of bittersweet chocolate and slightly sweet but salty caramel blended together on her tongue." is an example of A) Hyperbole. B) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Imagery. 10. To give a human trait to something nonhuman. "The moon stared down, watching me. A) Rhyme scheme. B) Free verse. C) Personification. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 11. Boom! Swish! Ka pow! A) Idiom. B) Metaphor. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Onomatopoeia. 12. Descriptive or figurative language used in literature to create word pictures for the reader, created by details of sight, sound, taste, smell, or movement A) Imagery. B) Personification. C) Mood. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imagery. 13. A line with two feet is called ..... A) Dimeter. B) Monometer. C) Three meters. D) Pentameter. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dimeter. 14. Use, more than once, of any element of language. This may be a sound, word, phrase, clause, or sentence. A) Repetition. B) Measure. C) Meter. D) Ballad. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Repetition. 15. "Homework is a breeze" I a ..... A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Format. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 16. Unit of meter A) Speaker. B) Rhythm. C) Foot. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Foot. 17. Repetition of consonant sounds usually at the ends of words A) Alliteration. B) Assonance. C) Consonance. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Consonance. 18. A unit of pronunciation that usually has one vowel sound. A) Simile. B) Sonnet. C) Stanza. D) Syllable. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Syllable. 19. This is a direct comparison. A) Metaphor. B) Allusion. C) Stanza. D) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 20. Does this sentence have a literal or figurative meaning? My whole life is one big circus. A) Literal. B) Figurative. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Figurative. ← 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