This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry Terms – Quiz 245 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 245 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the correct spelling of the word that means a humorous, rhyming five line poems with a specific rhyme pattern and rhyme scheme. A) Limerick. B) Limerick. C) Limerick. D) Limerick. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Limerick. 2. "The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere" is an example of A) Repetition. B) Sonnet. C) Narrative Poem. D) Tragedy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Narrative Poem. 3. When a person, place, thing or event has meaning in itself and also represents, or stands for something else A) Idiom. B) Symbolism. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Symbolism. 4. When there are five feet in a poem's rhythmic meter A) Meter. B) Measure. C) Pentameter. D) Foot. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pentameter. 5. What is a sound device characterized by the repetition of consonant sounds? A) Alphabetic. B) Assonance. C) Consonance. D) Sonnet. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Consonance. 6. A word, phrase, or sentence that reads the same backward and forward. The words "civic" and "level" are palindromes, as is the phrase "A man, a plan, a canal-Panama." The reversal can be word by word as well, as in "fall leaves when leaves fall." A) Palindrome. B) Paradox. C) Personification. D) Poetic license. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Palindrome. 7. Which poetry term can be found in the following example? Why are teddy bears never hungry? They are always stuffed! A) Alliteration. B) Assonance. C) Pun. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pun. 8. The central idea, topic, or didactic quality of a work A) Theme. B) Tone. C) Verse. D) Metrical Verse. E) Blank Verse. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Theme. 9. ..... is a brief and direct reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance. It does not describe or explain the person or thing to which it refers. A) Allusion. B) Juxtaposition. C) Pun. D) Inversion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Allusion. 10. Spell A) Villanelle. B) Villanelles. C) Villanelle. D) Woolen. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Villanelles. 11. Imaginary voice the poet uses when writing a poem A) Speaker. B) Poet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Speaker. 12. The emotions felt while reading a poem. A) Free Verse. B) Tone. C) Traditional. D) Mood. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mood. 13. This is an example of:Hope is the thing with feathers A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Sonnet. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 14. The voice that talks to the reader in a poem A) Speaker. B) Poet. C) PLaywright. D) Author. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Speaker. 15. Thefollowing example demonstrates what? Aclumsy young fellow named Tim Was never informed how to swim. He fell off a dock And sank like a rock. And that was the end of him. A) Free verse. B) Rhyme and meter. C) Alliteration. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rhyme and meter. 16. What is the term for the use of words that appeal to the five senses in a poem? A) Rhyme. B) Metaphor. C) Imagery. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Imagery. 17. How are dictators able to rise to power after countries suffer hardships? (bonus) A) People want strong leaders to solve their problems. B) Dictators promise freedom. C) Dictators allow everyone to vote. D) Dictators promise to end fascism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) People want strong leaders to solve their problems. 18. Repetition of consonant sounds within or at the end of words A) Assonance. B) Consonance. C) Simile. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Consonance. 19. Poetry that has specific formula or template: A) Free verse. B) Slant rhyme. C) Lyric. D) Fixed form. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fixed form. 20. A poem that tells a story like The Cat in the Hat. A) Lyrical poetry. B) Haiku. C) Cinquain. D) Narrative poetry. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Narrative poetry. ← 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