This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry Terms – Quiz 272 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 272 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A group of poetic lines; corresponds to paragraphs in prose A) Stanza. B) Paragraph. C) Couplet. D) Chunks. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stanza. 2. Similar ending sounds between two or more words: A) Rhyme. B) Stanza. C) Point of View. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rhyme. 3. Open form means: A) A poem that follows set rules. B) A poem that rhymes. C) A poem that does not follow any rules. D) A poem that is a favorite. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A poem that does not follow any rules. 4. What vocabulary word means:Strong desire to achieve something usually requiring determination A) Idiom. B) Liberate. C) Ambition. D) Rigorous. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ambition. 5. A form of Japanese poetry made of short, unrhymed lines that talk about natural imagery A) Acrostic. B) Sonnet. C) Haiku. D) Cinquain. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Haiku. 6. A comparison between two unlike things WITHOUT the use of "like" or "as" A) Theme. B) Imagery. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. E) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 7. Close and ghost are an example of:So if I can't get close to youI'll settle for the ghost of you A) Slant rhyme. B) End rhyme. C) Internal rhyme. D) Both slant & internal rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both slant & internal rhyme. 8. A comparison between two unlike things A) Idiom. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 9. What is the following sentence an example of ..... She was so pretty my eyes popped out! A) Onomatopoeia. B) Simile. C) Hyperbole. D) Hiperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 10. When the poet compares two things using "like" or "as." "My love is as boundless as the sea ..... " (Romeo and Juliet) A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Alliteration. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 11. A word that is the opposite of another word. An example:Happy = Sad A) Antonym. B) Ode. C) Euphemism. D) Cliche. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Antonym. 12. A device in literature where an object represents an idea. A) Assonance. B) Consonance. C) Juxtaposition. D) Symbolism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Symbolism. 13. Has 19 lines and 2 repeated refrains A) Villanelles. B) Sonnet. C) Spenserian stanza. D) Rime royal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Villanelles. 14. Poets writing today ALWAYS write in free verse. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 15. Giving human-like characteristics or human actions to objects, animals or ideas is called: A) Alliteration. B) Tone. C) Imagery. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 16. The person narrating the poem A) Character. B) Teacher. C) Speaker. D) Emily Dickinson. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Speaker. 17. It is the rhyming of words within one line of writing. A) Assonance. B) Consonance. C) Internal Rhyme. D) End Rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Internal Rhyme. 18. What is a verse? A) A line of poetry. B) A beat that is made by stressed and unstressed syllables. C) A musical word. D) A group of lines in poetry. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A line of poetry. 19. When two or more words in the same line (or in close lines) that have similar consonant sounds (like game and gust) A) End rhyme. B) Assonance. C) Alliteration. D) Stanzas. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 20. Words with a similar ending sound are called ..... A) Equal. B) Crazy. C) Repeated. D) Rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rhyme. ← 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