This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry Terms – Quiz 171 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 171 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A fourteen line rhyming poem written in iambic pentameter A) Sonnet. B) Villanelles. C) Ballad. D) Narrative. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sonnet. 2. A short poem that presents a single speaker who expresses thoughts and feelings in an emotional, song-like manner A) Narrative. B) Drama. C) Lyric. D) Free verse. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lyric. 3. Style of speaking or writing; an author's choice of words A) DICTION. B) THEME. C) TONE. D) IMAGERY. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) DICTION. 4. Satire A) A lyric poem that laments the dead. B) A poem of a single speaker who expresses his thoughts and feelings. C) Literature about country life. D) A style of writing that ridicules human weaknesses, vice or folly in order to promote social reform. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A style of writing that ridicules human weaknesses, vice or folly in order to promote social reform. 5. Parallelism A) Same grammatical structure to relate different ideas that relate to a topic (type of repetition). B) Verses that are repeated. C) A verse that rhymes every word. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Same grammatical structure to relate different ideas that relate to a topic (type of repetition). 6. Emily Dickinson was a(n) A) Leader of the Communist Rebellion. B) Star Wars character who was a Jedi bounty hunter. C) An American Poetess known for being a recluse who always wore white clothes. D) An Avatar in Fortnite (because Fortnite sux). Show Answer Correct Answer: C) An American Poetess known for being a recluse who always wore white clothes. 7. "Comparing two things without using 'like' or 'as" ' is a definition of: A) Personification. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 8. Which term means a comparison between two unlike things using the words like or as? A) Symbolism. B) Hyperbole. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 9. The comic book superhero Spider-Man possesses a spidey sense that warns him of impending trouble.What is the meaning of the allusion in the sentence below?Luther picked up his pace on the trail as his spidey sense began to tingle. A) Sense of smell. B) Sense of danger. C) Sense of wonder. D) Sense of pride. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sense of danger. 10. Compares two things using "like" or "as" in the sentence. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 11. A language that is not meant to be taken literally A) Rhyme. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Figurative language. D) Form. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Figurative language. 12. A reference to a well known work of literature, art, music, etc. A) Alliteration. B) Allusion. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Allusion. 13. The metrical unit, consisting of stressed and unstressed syllables, by which a line of poetry is measured. A) Stress. B) Meter. C) Foot. D) Cutting. E) Enjambment. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Foot. 14. The attitude the poem's narrator (may or may not be the actual poet) takes towards a subject or character. A) Verse. B) Assonance. C) Tone. D) Meter. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tone. 15. Which example from Richard Siken's "Litany in Which Certain Things Are Crossed Out" is enjambed? A) "Every morning the maple leaves.". B) "You want a better story. Who wouldn't?". C) "Every morning the same big / and little words all spelling out desire". D) "Okay, so I'm the dragon. Big deal.". Show Answer Correct Answer: C) "Every morning the same big / and little words all spelling out desire". 16. When the author uses words to paint a picture in your head. A) Imagery. B) Alliteration. C) Stanza. D) Rhythm. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imagery. 17. Choose the best example of Alliteration. A) Jimmy jumped the Jaguar. B) The wind howled. C) The blue-green metal dazzled in the light. D) The steak was tougher than an anvil. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jimmy jumped the Jaguar. 18. Extreme exaggeration for effect or to emphasize a point A) Personification. B) Hyperbole. C) Apostrophe. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 19. The feeling a reader or listener gets from hearing a poem is ..... A) Mood. B) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mood. 20. Chocolate is my Achilles' heel A) Allusion. B) Allegory. C) Ambiguity. D) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Allusion. ← 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