This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry Terms – Quiz 267 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 267 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. It is important to consider the title of the poem because ..... A) It can be interesting. B) It can help with understanding the meaning. C) It is there. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It can help with understanding the meaning. 2. A narrative poem, often of folk origin and intended to be sung, consisting of simple stanzas and usually having a refrain. A) Ballad. B) Speaker. C) Symbolism. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ballad. 3. The overall beat, pace, and tempo patterns of the poem A) Meter. B) Rhyme. C) Rhythm. D) Line. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rhythm. 4. Poetry is divided into: A) Sentences and paragraphs. B) Lines and stanzas. C) Verses and refrains. D) Thoughts and opinions. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lines and stanzas. 5. Which element of poetry is highlighted in this quote? "The flowers begged for water." A) Simile. B) Repetition. C) Theme. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 6. Another word for a poetic paragraph is: A) Stanza. B) Paragraph. C) Run on sentences. D) Symbolism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stanza. 7. Comparison between two unlike things, this describes one thing as if it were something else. Does not use "like" or "as" for the comparison A) Connotation. B) Metaphor. C) Speaker. D) Denotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 8. The end of one stanza and the start of the next, typically indicated by a space A) Stanza break. B) Paragraph. C) Line break. D) Group break. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stanza break. 9. Speaker in a poem addresses a person not present or an animal, inanimate object, or concept as though it is a person. Example:Wordsworth ..... "Milton! Thou shouldst be living at this hour / England has need of thee" A) Alliteration. B) Allusion. C) Anaphora. D) Apostrophe. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Apostrophe. 10. What figurative language is used in this sentence? "Theboy was as fast as a rocket as he sped by on his bicycle" A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 11. How the reader feels when reading a poem A) Props. B) Mood. C) Dialogue. D) Comedy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mood. 12. The poetry portfolio is due ..... A) Dec. 13. B) Dec. 15. C) Dec. 17. D) Dec. 19. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dec. 15. 13. The repetition of the same vowel sounds in nearby words: "asleep under a tree, " "time and tide, " "each evening." A) Alliteration. B) Assonance. C) Consonance. D) Euphony. E) Cacophony. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Assonance. 14. Structure is ..... A) The way a poem sounds. B) A simile. C) The way a poem's words and lines are laid out on a page. D) How a poem functions. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The way a poem's words and lines are laid out on a page. 15. Using words that mimic or imitate the actual sound.*Ex. "Crunch!" A) Onomatopoeia. B) Imagery. C) Alliteration. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Onomatopoeia. 16. Beat created by sounds of the words in a poem A) Rhythm. B) Rhyme. C) Stanza. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rhythm. 17. Literary work in which special intensity is given to the expression of feelings and ideas by the use of distinctive style and rhythm A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Poetry. D) Stanza. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Poetry. 18. The pushy fish said, "Hush!" A) Alliteration. B) Rhyme. C) Consonance. D) Assonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Consonance. 19. A story told in verse, often with repeated refrain. These poems are often about folk heroes, adventures, or historical events. A) Acrostic. B) Elegy. C) Sonnet. D) Ballad. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ballad. 20. "His boss called him under the carpet" is an example of an ..... ? A) Idiom. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Idiom. ← 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