This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry Terms – Quiz 213 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 213 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in each line of a poem is called the A) Rhyme. B) Repetition. C) Rhythm. D) Assonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rhythm. 2. The pen is mightier than the sword. A) Metonymy. B) Chiasmus. C) Elision. D) Anaphora. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metonymy. 3. The repetition of initial first letter A) Alliteration. B) Assonance. C) Repetition. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 4. The defined rhyme and meter of a poem A) Pentameter. B) Meter. C) Measure. D) Couplet. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Measure. 5. A tercet is what kind of poem? A) Has 3 lines. B) Has 13 lines. C) Exactly like a Haiku. D) Always funny. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Has 3 lines. 6. The repetition of vowel sounds in a line or series of lines of poetry. A) Alliteration. B) Allusion. C) Assonance. D) Anaphora. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Assonance. 7. What poetic device is used in the following example?"He was distorting the truth so much, I was surprised that his nose did not start growing." A) Metaphor. B) Allusion. C) Anaphora. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Allusion. 8. Poetry that follows no rules A) Free verse. B) Epic poetry. C) Ballad. D) Lyric poetry. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Free verse. 9. Which phrase has a NEGATIVE (-) connotation? A) A box filled with documents. B) A box crammed with documents. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A box crammed with documents. 10. What gives a character, place, or object a deeper meaning? Example:The color white represents purity. A) Imagery. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Symbolism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Symbolism. 11. 5 lines A) Couplet. B) Cinquain. C) Seven. D) Third. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cinquain. 12. How many stanzas are there? A blue day A blue jay And a good beginning. One crow, Melting snow-Spring's winning! By Eleanor Farjeon A) One. B) Two. C) Three. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Two. 13. A poem in which a word or phrase is spelled vertically using the first letter of each line A) Alliteration. B) Acrostic. C) Symbol. D) Couplet. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Acrostic. 14. What is a "elegy" ? A) Lyrical poem in honour of someone who has died. B) Poem where speaker converses with the reader and s/he reveals events. C) Lyrical poem with 14 lines. D) A poem that tells a story. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lyrical poem in honour of someone who has died. 15. Refers to repeated sounds, words, phrases, lines used for emphasis A) Repetition. B) Rhythm. C) Rhyme. D) Free verse. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Repetition. 16. A kind of figurative language in which an animal, object, or idea is given human qualities. A) Alliteration. B) Imagery. C) Personification. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 17. The person that narrates the poem A) Speaker. B) Poet. C) Stanza. D) Line. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Speaker. 18. Creative language or figures of speech used in poetry or prose A) Figurative language. B) Rhythm. C) Internal rhyme. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Figurative language. 19. The pattern of rhymes at the ends of lines of a poem or song A) Rhythm. B) Rhyme scheme. C) End rhyme. D) Internal rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rhyme scheme. 20. A poem that lacks the line breaks traditionally associated with poetry (a poem written in sentences and paragraphs) A) Prose. B) Narrative poem. C) Free verse. D) Blue poem. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Prose. ← 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