This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry Terms – Quiz 145 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 145 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Rhyming in which the words sound the same but do not rhyme perfectly. A) False rhyme. B) Near rhyme. C) End rhyme. D) Eye rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Near rhyme. 2. A songlike poem that tells a story, often about adventure or romance. A) Ballad. B) Narrative Poetry. C) Free Verse. D) Haiku. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ballad. 3. An example of the term "mood" is ..... A) The author was cranky about the new laws that were being passed. B) The sour bite of the candy made my lips pucker. C) Steve saved seven seagulls. D) That book was so suspenseful and mysterious. I was surprised at every turn!. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) That book was so suspenseful and mysterious. I was surprised at every turn!. 4. "Giada was a popsicle because she forgot her jacket and she waited at the bus stop in-3 below windchill!" is an example of a ..... A) Personification. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 5. A poem of praise. A) Lyric. B) Ode. C) Sonnet. D) Ballad. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ode. 6. How the author feels towards the subject A) Tone. B) Mood. C) Theme. D) Diction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tone. 7. Words with the same ending sounds, usually at end of lines A) Assonance. B) Slant rhyme. C) Line break. D) End rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) End rhyme. 8. Two lines that occur one after the other in a poem, usually rhyme and have same length A) Couplet. B) Quatrain. C) Cinquain. D) Limerick. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Couplet. 9. A poem in verse that tells a story is a Lyric poem A) No it is a Narrative one. B) Yes, it is a Lyric poem. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) No it is a Narrative one. 10. Why is white space important in a poem? A) It contributes to the meaning of the poem. B) It shows that there is a change in the writing. C) It adds a musical feel to the poem. D) It contributes to the mood of the poem. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It shows that there is a change in the writing. 11. The emotional response that the writer wishes to evoke in the reader through a story, poem, play, etc. A) Mood. B) Tone. C) Speaker. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mood. 12. Poem paragraph/groups of lines in a poem A) Free verse. B) Sensory detail. C) Stanza. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stanza. 13. Emotional environment or atmosphere created by poet A) Mood. B) Motif. C) Muse. D) Pathos. E) Persona (voice). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mood. 14. Reversal of the usual order of words A) Imagery. B) Inversion. C) Lyric poetry. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Inversion. 15. Use of images to describe something in a way that helps the reader visualize (or see) what is happening. A) Alliteration. B) Rhyme pattern. C) Imagery. D) Voice. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Imagery. 16. "I am one of many small branches of a broken tree" is an example of A) Hyperbole. B) Personification. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 17. The poet's attitude towards his/her subject or audience. A) Tone. B) Stanza. C) Verse. D) Speaker. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tone. 18. Poets use this to create images, draw connections and provoke emotions for the reader. A) Rhyme. B) Stanza. C) Figurative Language. D) Poem. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Figurative Language. 19. A word created for humor or to rhyme A) Nonce. B) Nonsense. C) Narrative. D) Pun. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nonce. 20. The repetition of consonant sounds, but not vowels, in a chunk of text. Ex:A worm named Maurice took the garden by storm. A) Alliteration. B) Consonance. C) Assonance. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Consonance. ← 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