This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry Terms – Quiz 164 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 164 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Crime, Rhyme, Time, Lime, Climb A) Metaphors. B) Rhymes. C) Alliteration. D) Synecdoche. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rhymes. 2. Simile or Metaphor? That girl is as tough as nails. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 3. Well, good for you, you look happy and healthyNot me, if you ever cared to askis an example of ..... A) Alliteration. B) Assonance. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 4. The person "speaking" the words we read; the narrator of a poem. A) Speaker. B) Author. C) Publisher. D) Star. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Speaker. 5. The last six lines of poetry in a sonnet where the conclusion of the problem is "solved." A) Sestet. B) Shakespearean sonnet. C) Simile. D) Soliloquy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sestet. 6. Basic pattern/concept common to people of different times/ cultures ex) creation story or characters ex) hero, evil king A) Trope. B) Archetype. C) Canon. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Archetype. 7. Which line from the poem presents a problem that the speaker cannot control? A) To keep away the birds that hoped to eat. B) Of pests for whom green leaves mean lunch. C) Tomatoes in the strip of clay. D) One night it rained so fiercely that. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) One night it rained so fiercely that. 8. Zig-zagging down the roadTrying not to stray over the center lineOr hit a curbOr break an axleOr flatten a tireOr wind up in the next surprise sinkhole.Driving in Toledo is not a sportFor the timid or the sane or the under-insured." This is an example of A) Rhyme. B) Rhyme scheme. C) Free verse poetry. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Free verse poetry. 9. A poetic beat using light and heavy stress patterns in words A) Rhythm. B) Imagery. C) Internal rhyme. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rhythm. 10. Metaphor is ..... A) A comparison of two unlike things using like, as, or resembles. B) A comparison of two unlike things without using like, as, or resembles. C) A poet's attitude toward a subject. D) Language that helps make connections. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A comparison of two unlike things without using like, as, or resembles. 11. A poem that has a plot, characters, and tells a story is called ..... A) Free verse. B) Humorous. C) Narrative poem. D) Lyric poem. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Narrative poem. 12. Bang! Crash! Pow! A) Hyperbole. B) Personification. C) Alliteration. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Onomatopoeia. 13. The use of contradictory terms found side by side to make a point is called a(n) ..... A) Oxymoron. B) Imagery. C) Personification. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oxymoron. 14. A repeating line or stanza in a poem or song A) Cadence. B) Connotation. C) Enjambment. D) Refrain. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Refrain. 15. A regular pattern of rhythm is ..... A) Meter. B) Rhyme scheme. C) Stanzas. D) Scansion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Meter. 16. Making a comparison by calling one thing something elseex. I am a bear early in the morning. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Assonance. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 17. The repetition of sounds at the end of words A) Diction. B) Rhyme. C) Rhyme scheme. D) End rhymes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rhyme. 18. Identical or similar sounds at the end of lines A) Line. B) Speaker. C) Rhyme. D) Stanza. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rhyme. 19. Words that are written in a way that looks slanted A) Italics. B) Bold. C) Speaker. D) Cursive. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Italics. 20. Common phrase made up of words that can't be understood by their literal, or ordinary, meanings A) Idiom. B) Oxymoron. C) Hyperbole. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Idiom. ← 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