This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry Terms – Quiz 15 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 15 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is "a song like, narrative poem, usually featuring rhyme, rhythm, and refrain" ? A) Free verse. B) Meter. C) Couplet. D) Ballad. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ballad. 2. "The night of the LIVING DEAD" is an example of: A) Onomatopoeia. B) Oxymoron. C) Alliteration. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Oxymoron. 3. A warning or clue about what is going to happen A) Mood. B) Allusion. C) Foreshadow. D) Symbolism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Foreshadow. 4. Words at the end of a line that rhyme. A) Internal rhyme. B) Partial rhyme. C) End rhyme. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) End rhyme. 5. What is a common saying that has a meaning other than what the words literally mean (like "It cost an arm and a leg!") A) Hyperbole. B) Personification. C) Idiom. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Idiom. 6. Repetition of vowel sounds in neighboring words A) Alliteration. B) Consonance. C) Assonance. D) Dissonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Assonance. 7. Which type of poem tells a story? A) Narrative. B) Haiku. C) Free verse. D) Sonnet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Narrative. 8. Words in a poem that have the same beginning sounds A) Personification. B) Alliteration. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 9. They decided fire works were suitable or ..... for the occasion. A) Exaggerate. B) In the middle. C) What works. D) Recommended. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) What works. 10. Repetition of initial consonant sounds/first letter A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alliteration. 11. The following poem has stanzas that can be referred to as ..... "I have wished a bird would fly away, And not sing by my house all day; Have clapped my hands at him from the doorWhen it seemed as if I could bear no more." A) Couplets. B) Thirds. C) Quatrains. D) Haikus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Couplets. 12. A person who writes poetry. A) A bard. B) A scop. C) A poet. D) Ms. K. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A poet. 13. An example of onomatopoeia is ..... A) Boom. B) Love. C) Rhyme. D) Feelings. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Boom. 14. Words are used in a way other than the actual meaning-the difference between appearance and reality A) Irony. B) Allusion. C) Overstatement. D) Parallelism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Irony. 15. Word blending the sounds and meanings of two other words A) Assonance. B) Alliteration. C) Portmanteau words. D) Free verse. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Portmanteau words. 16. Narrative- A) Poetry that tells a story in verse; often have similar elements to those in a short story (plot, characters, setting). B) Expresses the thoughts and feelings of a single speaker, often in highly musical verse. C) Exaggerated statement and not meant to be taken literally. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Poetry that tells a story in verse; often have similar elements to those in a short story (plot, characters, setting). 17. The use of concrete objects to represent abstract ideas or qualities A) Symbol. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Symbol. 18. Narrative poem that addresses an invisible recipient and teaches us more about the speaker. A) Ballad. B) Epic. C) Allegory. D) Dramatic Monologue. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dramatic Monologue. 19. Ambiguity A) The repetition of one or more initial consonants in a group of words or lines of poetry or prose. Used for ornaments or for emphasis. Also used in epithets, phrases, and slogans. Enhances the aesthetic quality of a prose passage or poem. B) A reference to a person, place, or event meant to create an effect or enhance the meaning of an idea. C) A vagueness of meaning; a conscious lack of clarity meant to evoke multiple meanings and interpretation. D) In contrast to Dionysian, it refers to the most noble, godlike qualities of human nature and behavior. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A vagueness of meaning; a conscious lack of clarity meant to evoke multiple meanings and interpretation. 20. The narrator is not a character in the story; he stands "outside" the story and is "all-knowing"; he knows what the characters are thinking and feeling The word is ..... A) Imagery. B) Omniscient third-person. C) Speaker. D) First-person point of view. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Omniscient third-person. ← 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