This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry Terms – Quiz 137 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 137 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Trope A) The generic name for a figure of speech such as image, symbol, simile and metaphors. B) A generic name for a long poem that has no meaning. C) A generic name for all the different words that exist in the human language. D) The generic name of a brand name food like Clorox or Kneanex. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The generic name for a figure of speech such as image, symbol, simile and metaphors. 2. Group of words together on one line of the poem A) Stanza. B) Form. C) Line. D) Meter. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Line. 3. What is the definition of "ode" ? A) A lyric poem usually marked by serious, respectful and exalted feelings towards the subject. B) A verse with five poetic feet per line. C) A poem or speech expressing sorrow. D) The grammar of meter and rhythm in poetry. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A lyric poem usually marked by serious, respectful and exalted feelings towards the subject. 4. A figure of speech where exaggeration is used to emphasize a point A) Onomatopoeia. B) Simile. C) Understatement. D) Overstatement. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Overstatement. 5. A comparison in which one thing is written about as if it were another WITHOUT the use of like or as is A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Rhythm. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 6. A lyric poem of 14 lines is called ..... A) Syllogism. B) Haiku. C) Sonnet. D) Meter. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sonnet. 7. Pair of successive lines of verse, especially a pair that rhyme and are of the same length A) Couplet. B) Stanza. C) Verse. D) Prose. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Couplet. 8. A writer's choice of words A) Diction. B) Rhyme scheme. C) Structure. D) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Diction. 9. Stanza structure in poetry can be best defined as ..... A) The number of lines in poetry. B) The arrangement of lies into groups, separated by an empty line-similar to verses, or paragraphs. C) The arrangement of rhyme patterns found in paragraphs of poetry. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The arrangement of lies into groups, separated by an empty line-similar to verses, or paragraphs. 10. Distinct from author of the poem, the "character" speaking the lines. A) Speaker. B) Author. C) Protagonist. D) Protractor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Speaker. 11. A second, suggested meaning of a word, consisting of the suggestions, associations, and emotional overtones attached A) Denotation. B) Connotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Connotation. 12. Speaker A) A person talking in a class. B) The person who wrote the poem. C) The voice that relates the story or ideas of a poem like a narrator. D) Something you talk into. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The voice that relates the story or ideas of a poem like a narrator. 13. Exaggeration used for emphasis A) Hyperbole. B) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 14. The person or thing that is the point of view of the poem A) Speaker. B) Poet. C) Reader. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Speaker. 15. Figurative Language is ..... A) The poet's words create images or pictures in the reader's mind. B) Literal definition of a word. C) Language that helps make connections. D) A poet's attitude towards a subject. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Language that helps make connections. 16. Choice of words in speaking or writing for clear and effective expression. A) Similarly. B) Diction. C) Metaphor. D) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Diction. 17. What is a connotation A) Very chatty, informal language. B) Another word for a verse. C) The feelings or associations that come with a word. D) A type of rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The feelings or associations that come with a word. 18. The repetition of the same letter sound.Ex (Silly Sally said stop) A) Alliteration. B) Repetition. C) Assonance. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 19. Reference to something in history or previous literature. A) Apostrophe. B) Alliteration. C) Allusion. D) Alligator. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Allusion. 20. Repeated line or group of lines A) Refrain. B) End rhyme. C) Hyperbole. D) Connotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Refrain. ← 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