This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry Terms – Quiz 152 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 152 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the difference between DENOTATION and CONNOTATION? A) C-literal meaning of the word; D-secondary meaning of a word. B) C-abstract meaning of the word; D-secondary meaning of a word. C) D-dictionary meaning of the word; C-abstract meaning of the word. D) C-literal meaning of the word; D-secondary meaning of a word. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) D-dictionary meaning of the word; C-abstract meaning of the word. 2. Universal idea of a work of literature; the meaning behind the obvious A) Lesson. B) Symbol. C) Theme. D) Moral. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Theme. 3. Giving human-like characteristics to a non-human thing. A) Hyperbole. B) Imagery. C) Personification. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 4. Language not meant to be taken literally A) Imagery. B) Figurative. C) Literal. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Figurative. 5. "Paula Prue, I'm mad at you" The above verse contains ..... rhyme. A) Internal. B) End. C) Partial. D) No. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Internal. 6. A poem expressing grief over someone who has died is a ..... A) Couplett. B) Elegy. C) Limerick. D) Dramatic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Elegy. 7. Which word is defined as "a type of literature that expresses ideas, feelings, or tells a story in a specific form (usually using lines and stanzas)" ? A) Autobiography. B) Nonfiction. C) Fantasy. D) Poetry. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Poetry. 8. A stanza in poetry is ..... A) A single line. B) A group of lines arranged together (like a paragraph). C) A refrain. D) A limerick. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A group of lines arranged together (like a paragraph). 9. The way the speaker sounds A) Tone. B) Mood. C) Stanza. D) Denotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tone. 10. What is the tempo of a poem? A) Repetition. B) Line. C) Stanza. D) Rhythm. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rhythm. 11. A four-line stanza of poetry A) Heroic couplet. B) Quadrangle. C) Quatrain. D) Quarto. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Quatrain. 12. Introductory section in a literary work A) Prologue. B) Dialogue. C) Epilogue. D) Monologue. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Prologue. 13. The emphasis placed on syllables. Some parts of the word are stressed more than others. A) Accent. B) Ballad. C) Alliteration. D) Central Idea. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Accent. 14. The repetition of a consonant or vowel sound, a tongue twister A) Alliteration. B) Repetition. C) Rhyme. D) Rhyme scheme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 15. A Pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables. A) Line. B) Imagery. C) Alliteration. D) Rhythm. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rhythm. 16. Which technique is illustrated in this poem:Horses are beautiful, fast, and colorfulThey gallop ..... clop, clop, And their tails flyWith the beat of the wind. (Cori Knight, age 10) A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Nomenclature. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nomenclature. 17. A non-dramatic poem that tells a story A) Elegy. B) Lyric. C) Narrative poem. D) Sonnet. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Narrative poem. 18. Stanza of 5 lines with a 2, 4, 6, 8, 2 syllable pattern A) Refrain. B) Stanza. C) Cinquain. D) Quatrain. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cinquain. 19. What are the Structural Elements of Poetry? A) Verse, Stanza, Rhythm, Meter, Rhyme. B) Verse, Dialogue, Rhythm, Meter, Rhyme. C) Verse, Scenes, Rhythm, Meter, Rhyme. D) Verse, Stanza, Acts, Meter, Rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Verse, Stanza, Rhythm, Meter, Rhyme. 20. The matching of final vowel/consonant sounds in two or more words A) Rhyme. B) Rhythm. C) Meter. D) Refrain. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rhyme. ← 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