This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry Terms – Quiz 250 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 250 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A ..... is a short poem/stanza containing four lines while a ..... is a short poem/stanza containing five lines. A) Cinquain; quatrain. B) Quatrain; cinquain. C) Verse; cinquain. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Quatrain; cinquain. 2. What is the definition of the term:Consonance? A) The repetition of final consonant sounds in stressed syllables with different vowel sounds (hat and sit). B) The use of words that imitate sounds (Whirr). C) The repetition of initial consonant sounds. D) The repetition of vowel sounds followed by different consonants in two or more stressed syllables. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The repetition of final consonant sounds in stressed syllables with different vowel sounds (hat and sit). 3. Comparing unlike things without using comparative words A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Denotation. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 4. This is the number of beats per line. A) Stanza. B) Line. C) Meter. D) Rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Meter. 5. Identify the rhyme scheme of this poem:The Sun now rose upon the right; Out of the sea came he, Still hid in mist, and on the left Went down into the sea. A) A-b-a-b. B) A-a-b-b. C) A-b-c-b. D) A-b-c-d. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A-b-c-b. 6. Which example below is an example of a juxtaposition? A) Beggars can't be choosers. B) Happy sad. C) On the surface of things whales are always blowing it. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Beggars can't be choosers. 7. When rhyming words come at the end of lines. This is the most common type of poetic rhyme. A) End Rhyme. B) Lyric Poetry. C) Repetition. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) End Rhyme. 8. The author's message or insight about the topic A) Imagery. B) Topic. C) Theme. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Theme. 9. What is the author's attitude in a poem called? A) Tone. B) Mood. C) Alliteration. D) Poetry. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tone. 10. Graphical elements do NOT include A) Capital letters. B) Figurative language. C) Lines. D) Stanzas. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Figurative language. 11. Which term means a two line stanza? A) Quatrain. B) Couplet. C) Alliteration. D) Prose. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Couplet. 12. Poems should create images in your mind that make you feel connected to the message. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 13. Typically, an epic is a short poem. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 14. A short, rhyming poem for young children, often telling a short story or describing an interesting character A) Ballad. B) Narrative. C) Nursery rhyme. D) Haiku. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nursery rhyme. 15. A refrain is A) Per room. B) A ballad. C) Repeated. D) Verses. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Repeated. 16. Groups of lines that are set off visually from other lines in a poem, like a paragraph in literature. A) Stanza. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stanza. 17. Sonnet that has14 lines/ABABCDCDEFEFGG A) Peruvian. B) Shakespearean. C) Edwardian. D) Petrarchan. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Shakespearean. 18. ..... refers to the act of placing two or more things side by side to compare or contrast something, or to create an interesting effect. A) Anaphora. B) Juxtaposition. C) Enjambment. D) Cutting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Juxtaposition. 19. A poem that is as much a piece of visual art made with words as it is a work of poetry A) Acrostic. B) Concrete. C) Ode. D) Prose. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Concrete. 20. The repetition of words, phrases, or sentence structures. A) Rhythm. B) Prosody. C) Parallelism. D) Consonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Parallelism. ← 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