This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry Terms – Quiz 182 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 182 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which type of poetry has a pattern of AABBA? A) Acrostic. B) Free Verse. C) Haiku. D) Limerick. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Limerick. 2. What is the writer's attitude about the subject called? A) Author's purpose. B) Sentiment. C) Feeling. D) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tone. 3. She is an angel. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 4. Recurring pattern based on the length of line and number of stresses within the line A) Meter. B) Fixed form. C) Free form. D) Assonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Meter. 5. Which term is this the definition for:A formal division of lines in a poem that are considered as a unit and often function like a paragraph. A) Stanza. B) Mood. C) Rhyme. D) Symbols. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stanza. 6. What is the purpose of rhyme in poetry? A) The repetition of sounds at the end of words. B) To compare two seemingly unlike things using 'like' or 'as'. C) To describe one thing as if it were something else. D) To give human qualities to something that is not human. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The repetition of sounds at the end of words. 7. Which of the following terms refers to the pattern of rhyming words at the end of lines in a poem? A) Free verse. B) Rhyme scheme. C) Hyperbole. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rhyme scheme. 8. Choose the correct type offigurative language for theexample.Yura told me a joke that made me die from laughter! A) Alliteration. B) Hyperbole. C) Ono. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 9. Using descriptive words or phrases that capture the reader's senses and paint a picture inside the reader's mind. A) Repetition. B) Imagery. C) Mood. D) Author's Style. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Imagery. 10. The vocabulary, phrasing, and grammatical usage deemed appropriate to verse as well as the deviations allowable for effect within it. A) Tone. B) Denotation. C) Simile. D) Diction. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Diction. 11. Read the following line: "The sticky chocolate covered my chin." To which of our five senses does this mostly appeal? A) Sense of hearing. B) Sense of smell. C) Sense of taste. D) Sense of touch. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sense of touch. 12. A group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetry. A) Line. B) Foot. C) Stanza. D) Lyric. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Foot. 13. Gives human qualities or abilities to nonhuman things A) Personification. B) Paradox. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 14. ..... is a similarity between words in spelling but, not in pronunciation. A) Ear Rhyme. B) Arm Rhyme. C) Eye Rhyme. D) Face Rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Eye Rhyme. 15. Which form of figurative language compares one thing to another without using like or as? A) Simile. B) Symbol. C) Metaphor. D) Rhyme Scheme. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 16. Writing in paragraph form, using everyday language without stanzas, is known as ....., whereas writing with poetic elements and structure is considered ..... A) Verse Analysis. B) Prose Verse. C) Essay Poetry. D) Novels Poetry. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Prose Verse. 17. A poem of 14 lines using any number of formal rhyme schemes A) Simile. B) Rhythm. C) Sonnet. D) Speaker. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sonnet. 18. Which poetic term is defined as "the repetition of initial consonant sounds" ? A) Alliteration. B) Assonance. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Figurative Language. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 19. In my poem, "His red sports car is just a dream" and "It needs no gas, it runs on steam" would be an example of a ..... A) Repetition. B) Couplet. C) Enjambment. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Couplet. 20. Two lines of rhymed poetry with the same meter that are next to each other within a larger poem A) Couplet. B) Chicken Cutlet. C) Stanza. D) End Rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Couplet. ← 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