This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry Terms – Quiz 205 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 205 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the term for the pattern of rhymes at the end of each line of a poem? A) Meter pattern. B) Stanza structure. C) Verse design. D) Rhyme scheme. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rhyme scheme. 2. A comparison of two different things using "like" or "as" is called A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 3. What type of figurative language is used in the following sentence? As the storm blew in, the trees danced in the wind. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 4. Language that suggests how someone or something looks, sounds, feels, smells, or tastes; helps create a mental picture in your mind as your read A) Imagery. B) Rhyme. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. E) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imagery. 5. Definition:words or the use of words with sounds that imitate the meaning of what they are describing ex) "boom" or "splash" A) Assonance. B) Simile. C) Alliteration. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Onomatopoeia. 6. A three line Japanese form that describes something in nature A) Haiku. B) Free verse. C) Lyric poem. D) Narrative poem. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Haiku. 7. A poem of serious reflection, typically a lament for the dead. A) Eulogy. B) Elegy. C) Angry. D) Melancholic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Elegy. 8. What word means a Japanese poem of seventeen syllables, in three lines of five, seven, and five. A) Stanza. B) Haiku. C) Limerick. D) Connotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Haiku. 9. A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two things using connecting words, such as "like" or "as" is A) Onomatopoeia. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 10. One who writes poetry A) Speaker. B) Narrator. C) Poet. D) Songwriter. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Poet. 11. Repetition of a consonant sound within two or more words in close proximity. A) Onomatopoeia. B) Consonance. C) Assonance. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Consonance. 12. A very old form of poetry which originated in Japan is called a ..... The poem is only three lines long and it does not rhyme. The syllables are in a pattern of 5-7-5 for each line. A) Rhyme. B) Cinquain. C) Diamante. D) Haiku. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Haiku. 13. Which vocabulary word is being defined? The use of words that imitate sound? A) Alliteration. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Onomatopoeia. 14. Pattern of end rhymes in a poem or stanza A) Poetic voice. B) Image. C) Rhyme. D) Rhythm. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rhyme. 15. A word inside a line rhymes with another word on the same line. A) End Rhyme. B) Internal Rhyme. C) Rhyme Scheme. D) Rhythm. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Internal Rhyme. 16. All the meanings, associations or emotions that are attached to a word A) Denotation. B) Personification. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Connotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Connotation. 17. Which term means using a part to refer to the whole or using the material to refer to the object? A) Metaphor. B) Metonymy. C) Personification. D) Synecdoche. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Synecdoche. 18. The beat or flow of a poem A) Rhythm. B) Meter. C) Stanza. D) Verses. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rhythm. 19. Nonsense words; specifically used for an occupation A) Simile. B) Rhyme Scheme. C) Jargon. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Jargon. 20. A stanza made up of four lines is a ..... A) Tetrameter. B) Quatrain. C) Limerick. D) Refrain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Quatrain. ← 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