This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry Terms – Quiz 187 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 187 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the correct spelling of the word that means the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words A) Aliteration. B) Alliteration. C) Alileration. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 2. The contrast between a character's position or aspiration and the treatment he or she receives at the hands of a seemingly hostile fate; also called irony of fate A) Cosmic irony. B) Irony. C) Verbal irony. D) Dramatic irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cosmic irony. 3. Why do author's use figurative language? A) Evoke emotion and explain complicated feelings and concepts. B) Evoke emotion. C) Help the reader make inferences. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Evoke emotion and explain complicated feelings and concepts. 4. This sentence appeals to which sense:The sunset was the most gorgeous they'd ever seen; the clouds were edged with pink and gold. A) Sight. B) Smell. C) Touch. D) Taste. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sight. 5. A line of poetry that has 12 syllables. The name probably comes from a medieval romance about Alexander the Great that was written in 12-syllable lines. A) Accent. B) Alliteration. C) Alexandrine. D) Anapest. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alexandrine. 6. The speaker's attitude toward the subject that can usually be described in a single word. A) Range. B) Volume. C) Voice. D) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tone. 7. Songlike poem that tells stories of adventure A) Lyric Poem. B) Ballad. C) Figurative Language. D) Narrative Poem. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ballad. 8. Words at the end of lines that rhyme is cammed an A) End Rhyme. B) Internal Rhyme. C) Exact Rhyme. D) Near Rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) End Rhyme. 9. An exaggeration used to make a point, not meant to be taken literally is known as a what? A) Hyperbole. B) Idiom. C) Alliteration. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 10. Figures of speech that are entirely exaggerated in order to make a point. A) Poetry. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hyperbole. 11. Are you hungry? Let's find a cafe for ....., ..... and ..... A) Egg, chips and cola. B) Coffee, cakes and tea. C) Coffee, cakes and cola. D) Fish, chips and coffee. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Coffee, cakes and cola. 12. Language used by poets, novelists and other writers to create images in the mind of the reader A) Alliteration. B) Imagery. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Imagery. 13. When the word is repeated at the end of the lines A) Epistrophe. B) Haiku. C) Ballad. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Epistrophe. 14. U A) Stressed syllable. B) Unstressed syllable. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Unstressed syllable. 15. Refers to words that rhyme at the ends of lines A) Diction. B) Rhyme. C) Rhyme scheme. D) End rhymes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) End rhymes. 16. Five pairs of iambs is called: A) Syntax. B) Iambic Pentameter. C) Rhyme. D) Rhythm. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Iambic Pentameter. 17. Her heels clacked on the hardwood floor. What type of sound device is used? A) Onomatopoeia. B) Alliteration. C) Metaphor. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Onomatopoeia. 18. Comparing two unlike items using the verb "be" . A) Simile. B) Meter. C) Metaphor. D) Denotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 19. My dad knows everything about cars. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Alliteration. E) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 20. Characters, settings, images, extra. that stand in for bigger ideas. A) Rhythm. B) Verse. C) Symbol. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Symbol. ← 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