This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry Terms – Quiz 189 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 189 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Line ends with some mark of punctuation; we pause at the end of the line A) Enjambment. B) Punctuation. C) Line Breaks. D) Endstop. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Endstop. 2. True or False:Imagery is the use of a word or phrase, such as "hiss" or "buzz" that imitates or suggests the sound of what it describes. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 3. Bob is brave like a lion A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 4. A genre of literature that expresses ideas and feelings in compact, imaginative, musical words A) Prose. B) Metaphor. C) Poetry. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Poetry. 5. A group of words in a poem, rather than sentences A) Paragraphs. B) Couplet. C) Stanzas. D) Lines. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lines. 6. A group of three lines rhyming together or connected by rhyme ..... A) Couplet. B) Tercet. C) Quatrain. D) Sestet. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tercet. 7. It was July, and the sun toasted the emerald grass until it smelled of warmth and green and life. It was July, and my heart soaked up the air warmth until it sang of joy and love and life. How many lines in the poem above? A) This poem has 1 line. B) This poem has 2 lines. C) This poem has 4 lines. D) This poem has 8 lines. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) This poem has 8 lines. 8. What is an Anaphora? A) The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of consecutive sentences. B) The repetition of any word or phrase anywhere in a text. C) The repetition of a word or phrase anywhere in consecutive sentences. D) The repetition of a word or phrase at the end of consecutive sentences. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of consecutive sentences. 9. This is a poem without regular patterns of rhythm or rhyme. A) Sonnet. B) Epic. C) Free verse. D) Ode. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Free verse. 10. Which type of poetry is typically a lament for the dead? A) Ballad. B) Epic. C) Elegy. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Elegy. 11. A person, place, object, or action that stands for something BEYOND itself. A) Anaphora. B) Parody. C) Analogy. D) Symbol. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Symbol. 12. You forget what you want to remember, and you remember what you want to forget. A) Paradox. B) Chiasmus. C) Oxymoron. D) Zeugma. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chiasmus. 13. The recurrence of similar sounds, especially consonants, in close proximity A) Alliteration. B) Consonance. C) Assonance. D) Stanza. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Consonance. 14. A division of a poem consisting of two or more lines arranged together as a unit. A) Stanza. B) Line. C) Simile. D) Couplet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stanza. 15. Repeating of consonant sounds at the end of consecutive words or phrases A) Assonance. B) Consonance. C) Alliteration. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Consonance. 16. A reference to a different literary or political work. A) Imagery. B) Figurative language. C) Metaphor. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Allusion. 17. Define rhythm A) The beat of the poem. B) The pictures of the poem. C) The feelings in the poem. D) The ending sounds. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The beat of the poem. 18. The pattern of end rhymes in a poem, assigning a letter of the alphabet to each line starting with "a" is called: A) Rhyme scheme. B) Alliteration. C) Free verse. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rhyme scheme. 19. I am so hungry I could eat a horse! A) Hyperbole. B) Hyperbole. C) Hyperbole. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 20. What is a reference to a person, place, thing, or idea of historical, cultural, literary, or political significance? A) Alliteration. B) Allusion. C) Anaphora. D) Assonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 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