This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry Terms – Quiz 260 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 260 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A word that imitates the sound it represents, like buzz or thud. A) Onomatopoeia. B) Stanza. C) Alliteration. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Onomatopoeia. 2. A comparison between two unlike things that uses a word of comparison such as like, as, or resembles A) Simile. B) Meter. C) Stanza. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 3. A pair of two lines in a poem that contain end rhymes A) Couplet. B) Triplet. C) Octave. D) Quatrain. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Couplet. 4. Writing or speech that is not intended to carry literal meaning and is usually meant to be imaginative and vivid A) Figurative language. B) Hyperbole. C) Alliteration. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Figurative language. 5. Marking the meter by scanning the lines to find the rhythm A) Prosody. B) Scansion. C) Rhyme. D) Censor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Scansion. 6. A technique in which a sound, word, phrase, or line is repeated for effect or emphasis A) Rhyme. B) Rhythm. C) Repetition. D) Royalty. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Repetition. 7. ..... is an extreme exaggeration. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hyperbole. 8. Define Imagery A) The attitude or feeling of the poem expressed by the poet. B) Indirect historical, cultural, or literary references that enrich the meaning of a text. C) A group of lines in a poem; like a paragraph or verse. D) Vivid, descriptive language that appeals to the senses; taste, touch, smell, hear, see, feel. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Vivid, descriptive language that appeals to the senses; taste, touch, smell, hear, see, feel. 9. Which type of "silly" poem has five lines, typically starts with "there once was a ..... ", and was made famous by Edward Lear? A) Haiku. B) Ballad. C) Limerick. D) Free verse. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Limerick. 10. The repetition of the same consonant sounds among words (not limited to initial sounds) A) Alliteration. B) Assonance. C) Consonance. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Consonance. 11. A story with 2 or more levels of meaning. A) Alliteration. B) Assonance. C) Metaphor. D) Allegory. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Allegory. 12. "John's words were shards of glass when he spoke such hateful things" is an example of A) Metaphor. B) Hyperbole. C) Alliteration. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 13. Pleasant, harmonious sounds (m, n, l, r, f, v, s, w) in words A) Cacophony. B) Euphony. C) Anaphony. D) Meliphony. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Euphony. 14. After math class, Chou's head was spinning from all the information that would be on the test. A) Chou was feeling confused. B) Chou was feeling very confident. C) Chou is thinking about science class. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chou was feeling confused. 15. The repetition of similar consonant sounds at the ends of accented syllables. A) Consonance. B) Imagery. C) Meter. D) Ballad. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Consonance. 16. What is the definition of the term:Metaphor? A) Figure of speech in which one thing is spoken of as though it were something else; it implies a comparison. B) Anything that stands for something else. In addition to having its own meaning and reality; also represents abstract ideas. C) A combination of words, or parts of words, that contradict each other (deafening silence). D) Figure of speech in which the words like or as are used to compare two apparently dissimilar items. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Figure of speech in which one thing is spoken of as though it were something else; it implies a comparison. 17. Visual Structure A) The way the poem look on the page. B) A group of lines in a poem. C) Punctuation in the middle of the line. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The way the poem look on the page. 18. Sestet A) Stanza of 6 lines. B) Foot consisting of 2 stressed syllables. C) Often used to mean "stanza"; also a stanza of irregular line lengths. D) Stanza or poem of 3 lines. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stanza of 6 lines. 19. A figure of speech using like or as to compare seemingly unlike things. A) Simile. B) Literal Language. C) Figurative Language. D) Imagery. E) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 20. Simile or Metaphor? I was sick of all the sorrow that flooded the city like foul weeds. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. ← 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