This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry Terms – Quiz 230 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 230 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Pick the type of rhyme: "I think that I shall never see / A poem as lovely as a tree" -Joyce Kilmer A) Internal rhyme. B) End rhyme. C) Assonance. D) Consonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) End rhyme. 2. Repeating a word or line over and over A) Summarizing. B) Repetition. C) Symbolism. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Repetition. 3. If I choose to use the word "chubby" instead of "fat" when describing a baby, I'm considering the word's ..... A) Denotation. B) Connotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Connotation. 4. How the speaker feels about the subject or another character in a poem A) Tone. B) Mood. C) Sensory imagery. D) Cutting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tone. 5. A word or line that is repeated in a poem to create a certain effect A) Refrain. B) Rhyme. C) Alliteration. D) Meter. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Refrain. 6. A two line poem is called a ..... A) Couplet. B) Tercet. C) Quatrain. D) Octave. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Couplet. 7. What is the definition of metaphor in poetry? A) A metaphor in poetry is a type of rhyme scheme. B) A metaphor in poetry is a form of alliteration. C) A metaphor in poetry is a figure of speech that compares two unrelated things by stating that one thing is another thing, without using the words 'like' or 'as'. D) A metaphor in poetry is a type of onomatopoeia. tagsCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.9-10.5. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A metaphor in poetry is a figure of speech that compares two unrelated things by stating that one thing is another thing, without using the words 'like' or 'as'. 8. Your voices matter, your dreams matter, your lives matter. Be the roses that grow in the concrete. (from The Hate U Give) A) Hyperbole. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 9. The use of any element of language more than once A) Repetition. B) Assonance. C) Consonance. D) Meter. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Repetition. 10. The idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning. A) Denotation. B) Connotation. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Connotation. 11. The larger pattern of rhyme A) Mood. B) Denotation. C) Haiku. D) Rhyme scheme. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rhyme scheme. 12. The dictionary definition of a word; its literal meaning apart from any associations or connotations. A) Irony. B) Denotation. C) Contrast. D) Analogy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Denotation. 13. Which of these is an exaggeration? A) Alliteration. B) Hyperbole. C) Personification. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 14. What is a pair of lines that rhyme? A) Line. B) Couplet. C) Rhyme scheme. D) Rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Couplet. 15. When an author describes something by saying that it is LIKE (or AS) something else. A) Tone. B) Imagery. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 16. Word that imitates a sound A) Onomatopoeia. B) Pun. C) Quatrain. D) Rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Onomatopoeia. 17. The message about life or human nature that the poem conveys-often the structure, poetic sound devices, and poetic voice contribute to this message A) Enjambment. B) Sound devices. C) Poetic theme. D) Speaker. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Poetic theme. 18. Many breeds of dogs are used for work. In many cultures dogs are used to herd sheep. The dogs keep the flock from being attacked by animals such as wolves. They also keep sheep from wandering off. Sheepdogs are known for their loyalty and gentleness. Based on your reading of the text, you can INFER that: A) Sheepdogs are not very smart dogs. B) Sheepdogs are gentle and loyal. C) There are many breeds of dogs. D) Wolves are afraid of sheepdogs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sheepdogs are gentle and loyal. 19. What type of poem is 14-lines with a complicated rhyme scheme? A) Ballad. B) Free Verse. C) Concrete. D) Sonnet. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sonnet. 20. A 14 line poem. A) Sonnet. B) Ode. C) Ballad. D) Lyric. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sonnet. ← 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