This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry Terms – Quiz 180 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 180 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. This is an example of:The sun is shining on my son. A) Paradox. B) Palindrome. C) Pun. D) Question. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pun. 2. ..... is a type of rhyme that occurs at the ends of lines. A) Rhyme. B) Internal Rhyme. C) End Rhyme. D) Rhyme Scheme. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) End Rhyme. 3. A songlike narrative poem, usually written in rhymed stanzas of four to six lines that feature repetition and strong meter A) Ballad. B) Formal verse. C) Blank verse. D) Free verse. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ballad. 4. What type of poem is this?That time of year thou mayst in me beholdWhen yellow leaves, or none, or few, do hangUpon those boughs which shake against the cold, Bare ruin'd choirs, where late the sweet birds sang.In me thou see'st the twilight of such dayAs after sunset fadeth in the west, Which by and by black night doth take away, Death's second self, that seals up all in rest.In me thou see'st the glowing of such fireThat on the ashes of his youth doth lie, As the death-bed whereon it must expire, Consum'd with that which it was nourish'd by.This thou perceiv'st, which makes thy love more strong, To love that well which thou must leave ere long. A) Sonnet. B) Free verse. C) Couplet. D) Haiku. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sonnet. 5. Feelings or ideas associated with a word. (positive, negative, or neutral words) A) Context. B) Tone/Connotation. C) Rhyme. D) Narrative. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tone/Connotation. 6. What is mood in poetry? A) A phrase that means something different from what is literally said. B) When a word, line, or stanza repeats over and over. C) Is a poetic device that is used at the end of a line, and the beginning of the next line in a poem. D) A feeling created by the poet for the reader. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A feeling created by the poet for the reader. 7. The repetition of consonant sounds in a word or nearby words. A) Assonance. B) Consonance. C) Cliche. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Consonance. 8. Making a direct comparison between two things without using "like" or "as" A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Stanza. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 9. Attitude a writer or speaker takes towards a poem A) Mood. B) Diction. C) Tone. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tone. 10. Connotation A) A natural pause/break within poetry lines, usually near the middle. B) Emotional implication, suggestion or association of a word ex) "home" denotes where one lives, but connotation means security & family. C) Most crucial line(s) in a poem, the part that best shows the main point. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Emotional implication, suggestion or association of a word ex) "home" denotes where one lives, but connotation means security & family. 11. "Cold metal sits as quiet as an owl in flight." is an example of a ..... A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Stanza. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 12. Denotation is a word's ..... A) Literal, dictionary definition. B) Emotional meaning. C) Diction. D) Mood. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Literal, dictionary definition. 13. ..... is the use of any element of language-a sound, a word, a phrase, a line or a stanza-more than once. A) Stanza. B) Tone. C) Imagery. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Repetition. 14. What is "a comparison using like or as" ? A) Rhyme. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Lyric. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 15. My brain is an artifact that has never been found A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 16. Repetition of the ending vowel sounds in words A) Alliteration. B) Consonance. C) Rhyme. D) Assonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rhyme. 17. Groupof consecutive lines in a poem that forms a single unit. A) Meter. B) Personification. C) Repetition. D) Stanza. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Stanza. 18. Allusion is ..... A) The repetition of vowel sounds in a chunk of text. B) The recurrence of stressed and unstressed sounds in poetry. C) A brief reference to a real or fictional person, event, place, or work of art. D) A single line of poetry. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A brief reference to a real or fictional person, event, place, or work of art. 19. What type of figurative language is used in the sentence? The fire licked the house and smoke ran towards the sky. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 20. Writer's attitude toward the audience or subject, implied or related directly A) Persona. B) Personification. C) Irony. D) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tone. ← 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