Poetry Terms Quiz 17 (20 MCQs)

Quiz Instructions

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1. The use of a word whose sound imitates or suggests its meaning. The word buzz is one example.

Correct Answer: B) Onomatopoeia.

2. Human qualities given to an animal, object, or idea.

Correct Answer: C) Personification.

3. Song like poem that tells a story about romance or adventure.

Correct Answer: C) Ballad.

4. The use of words that mimic a sound for the reader is called

Correct Answer: C) Onomatopoeia.

5. Beginning consonant sounds are the same in words close together

Correct Answer: C) Alliteration.

6. Metaphors and similes are used to .....

Correct Answer: B) Make comparisons.

7. The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses

Correct Answer: A) Anaphora.

8. In the 3 lines of a haiku, the syllables go 5-7-5.

Correct Answer: A) True.

9. Form

Correct Answer: D) Arrangement or structure.

10. Onomatopoeia is:

Correct Answer: A) The use of a word whos sound imitates or suggests its meaning like hoot or splat.

11. An implied comparison in which one thing is described in terms of another

Correct Answer: A) Metaphor.

12. A grouping of two or more lines of a poem

Correct Answer: D) Stanza.

13. The drive to Disney World will last forever if I have to be stuck in the backseat with my pesky little sister.

Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole.

14. "The raindrops danced on the tabletop." The kind of figurative language used here is .....

Correct Answer: C) Personification.

15. Poetry without rhyme or meter

Correct Answer: A) Free verse.

16. The ideas, feelings, and associations that a word brings to mind.

Correct Answer: D) Connotation.

17. Rhyme Scheme

Correct Answer: A) The pattern of rhyme that comes at the end of each verse or line in poetry.

18. When two or more words have the same sound at the ends of lines is:

Correct Answer: D) Rhyme.

19. A poem paragraph consisting of lines.

Correct Answer: D) Stanza.

20. The time is out of joint, O cursed spite That ever I was born to set it right!

Correct Answer: A) Couplet.