This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry Terms – Quiz 226 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 226 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Group of verses in a poem A) Stanza. B) Free verse. C) Rhythm. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stanza. 2. What do "end rhymes" mean? A) Rhymes at the end of lines. B) Something that stands for something else. C) Giving a nonliving thing qualities of a human. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rhymes at the end of lines. 3. The arrangement of a poem on a page A) Stanza. B) Form. C) Free verse. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Form. 4. Repetition of the initial sound of a word. A) Anaphora. B) Syntax. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alliteration. 5. The car went faster than the speed of light. A) Personification. B) Hyperbole. C) Irony. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 6. The best friends had so much in common they were like two peas in a pod. What are the words in blue an example of? A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 7. I'm feeling blue is an example of ..... A) Annotation. B) Connotation. C) Denotation. D) Narrativepoetry. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Connotation. 8. What is a "ode" ? A) Type of lyrical poem that address subjects of an elevated stature. B) Lyrically poem written in honour of one who has died. C) Lyrically poem with 14 lines. D) A lengthy elevated poem that celebrates the exploits of a hero. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Type of lyrical poem that address subjects of an elevated stature. 9. Metonymy A) A thing that represents or stands for something else, especially a material object representing something abstract. B) Three line stanza. C) A "false" rime in which the spelling of the words is alike, but the pronunciations differ (daughter and laughter). D) A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it. 10. A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two things using words such as "like" or "as" A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 11. Someone who is the voice of the poem. This is not to be confused with the author. A) Assonance. B) Ballad. C) Enjambment. D) Speaker. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Speaker. 12. Stanza of 4 lines, usually rhymed abcb. First and third lines have 4 stresses, second and fourth have 3. A) Epic. B) Ballad. C) Cinquain. D) Elegy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ballad. 13. A row of words in a poem A) Meter. B) Line. C) Stanza. D) Rhyme scheme. E) Rhythm. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Line. 14. "The moon is a white Frisbee floating over the mountain." A) Onomatopoeia. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 15. "And even Earls Must comb their curls/ And even Kings Have underthings" is an example of ..... A) Onomatopoeia. B) Assonance. C) Parallelism. D) Internal rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Parallelism. 16. What is a sound device? (Trick question. Think carefully) A) An element of poetry that uses the spelling of words to make images more engaging and memorable. B) An element of poetry that uses the sounds of words to make images more engaging and memorable. C) An element of poetry that uses visuals to make images more engaging and memorable. D) An element of poetry that uses only repetition of words to make images more engaging and memorable. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An element of poetry that uses the sounds of words to make images more engaging and memorable. 17. Today has been the worst day in my entire life. A) Hyperbole. B) Understatement. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 18. A figure of speech that compares seemingly unlike things. In Contrast to other figures of speech, this implies the comparison instead of stating it directly; so there is no use of connecting words such as like or as. A) Metaphor. B) Literal Language. C) Figurative Language. D) Imagery. E) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 19. A figure of speech where you say something not to be taken literally A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Stanza. D) Diction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 20. AABB ABAB ABCD are examples of A) Rhyme scheme. B) Rhyme. C) Mood. D) Line. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rhyme scheme. ← 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