This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry Terms – Quiz 198 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 198 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The feeling created in the reader by a poem/story. A) Personification. B) Allusion. C) Hyperbole. D) Mood. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mood. 2. Harsh or discordant word sounds; the opposite of euphony A) Lyric. B) Cocophony. C) Personification. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cocophony. 3. The trees danced in the breeze is an example of ..... A) Personification. B) Metaphor. C) Smilie. D) Exaggeration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 4. Changes in tone, mood, subject matter, etc. A) Mood. B) Tone. C) Shifts. D) Stanza. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Shifts. 5. The following is an example of ..... ? Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Pickled Peppers A) Consonance. B) Alliteration. C) Assonance. D) Rhyme scheme. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 6. A collection of lines in a poem. Similar to a paragraph. A) Rhyme scheme. B) Stanza. C) Meter. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stanza. 7. Poems, like songs, depend on ..... to help express meaning and emotions. A) Stanzas. B) Rhymes. C) Sound. D) Similes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rhymes. 8. "boom, buzz, crackle, gurgle, hiss, pop, sizzle, snap, swoosh, whir, zip" are examples of: A) Poetry. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Sounds. D) Rhymes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sounds. 9. Repetition of beginning sound A) Rhyme. B) Alliteration. C) Personification. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 10. Originally a composition meant for musical accompaniment. The term refers to a short poem in which the poet, the poet's persona, or another speaker expresses personal feelings. A) Imagery. B) Internal rhyme. C) Lyrical. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lyrical. 11. 14 line lyric poem consisting of 3 quatrains and 1 couplet. A) English Sonnet. B) Haiku. C) Free verse. D) Ode. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) English Sonnet. 12. The repetition of the beginning consonant sound over multiple words. A) Alliteration. B) Allusion. C) Hyperbole. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 13. Which term below describes the following definition? A figure of speech in which an animal, object, or idea is given human characteristics. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 14. Poetry that is meant to be sung ..... like songs on the radio A) Free verse. B) Sensory poems. C) Lyrical poetry. D) Shape poetry. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lyrical poetry. 15. A play on the multiple meanings of a word or on two words that sound alike but have different meanings is called a(n) ..... A) Imagery. B) Hyperbole. C) Simile. D) Pun. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pun. 16. What is:descriptive language using the senses-especially visually descriptive? A) Synesthesia. B) Metaphor. C) Symbolism. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Imagery. 17. ..... is made up of words and phrases that present ordinary things in new and unusual ways. A) Personification. B) Figurative Language. C) Metaphor. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Figurative Language. 18. When you read poetry, there seems to be a beat. This is due to the ..... A) Rhythm. B) Rhyme. C) Rhyme scheme. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rhythm. 19. A humorous 5-line poem with the following rhyme pattern:AABBA is called ..... A) Couplet. B) Haiku. C) Limerick. D) Verse. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Limerick. 20. A rhetorical device in which a speaker addresses a person or personified thing not present. Ex: "Twinkle, twinkle, little star, /How I wonder what you are." A) Ambiguity. B) Antagonist. C) Apostrophe. D) Archetype. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Apostrophe. ← 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