This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry Terms – Quiz 229 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 229 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A ..... is a poem characterized by:-fourteen lines with a specific rhyme scheme-being written in 3 quatrains and ends with a couplet-a rhyme scheme of abab, cdcd, efef, gg A) Ballad. B) Sonnet. C) Limerick. D) Haiku. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sonnet. 2. The repetition of consonant sounds in the middle or at the ends of nearby words A) Alliteration. B) Consonance. C) Assonance. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Consonance. 3. In a poem all of the words on the same line are a called a ..... ? A) Sentence. B) Phrase. C) Line. D) Rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Line. 4. Be careful. Don't BANG your head. A) Alliteration. B) Assonance. C) Pun. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Onomatopoeia. 5. It is the use of words that sound very much like the noise they name. A) Personification. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Hyperbole. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Onomatopoeia. 6. The first letter read down the page spells out the subject A) Rhyme Scheme. B) Acrostic. C) Hyperbole. D) Poem. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Acrostic. 7. A 5 lined rhymed, usually humorous poem. Lines 1, 2, and 5 rhyme. Lines 3 and 4 rhyme A) Rhythm. B) Hyphen. C) Yellow. D) Limerick. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Limerick. 8. Which poetry term is being used in this example?I told you a million times! A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Oxymoron. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hyperbole. 9. Any language not meant to be taken literally. A) Onomatopoeia. B) Figurative Language. C) Rhyme. D) Rhythm. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Figurative Language. 10. What is a word that suggests the action or sound it names (like buzz, moo, or boom) A) Assonance. B) Alliteration. C) Meter. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 11. The pattern of syllables in a poem that lead to it's "song like quality" A) Rhyme. B) Rhythm. C) Repetition. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rhythm. 12. "I'm so hungry I could eat a horse" is an example of A) Repetition. B) Sensory Detail. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hyperbole. 13. A theme of a literary text is- A) The main idea. B) The plot elements. C) The life lesson or central message. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The life lesson or central message. 14. Does not follow regular metrical patterns; however includes rhythmic elements that are often created through the combinations of word sounds A) Meter. B) Iambic pentameter. C) End rhyme. D) Free verse. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Free verse. 15. The way a poem is organized to help create rhythm. A) Stanza. B) Structure. C) Poem. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Structure. 16. The way a poem is laid out on the page is called A) Stanza. B) Paragraph. C) Sentences. D) Form. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Form. 17. ..... is the repetition of consonant sounds in words that are close together. Example:Dad dropped the donuts. A) Idiom. B) Hyperbole. C) Metaphor. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alliteration. 18. Uses words with similar but not exact end sounds A) Slant rhyme. B) Internal rhyme. C) End rhyme. D) Free verse. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Slant rhyme. 19. ..... is the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named. A) Personification. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Onomatopoeia. 20. The repetition of a single letter in the alphabet or a combination of letters A) Onomatopoeia. B) Hyperbole. C) Alliteration. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. ← 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