This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry Terms – Quiz 276 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 276 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the definition of anaphora? A) The use of something closely related for the thing actually meant. B) The repetition of a vowel sound. C) A type of refrain device, where the first word or phrase is repeated in a series of lines. D) A brief and direct reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A type of refrain device, where the first word or phrase is repeated in a series of lines. 2. A sheriff being the "good" character is an example of an ..... A) Allegory. B) Allusion. C) Theme. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Allegory. 3. Which word means a group of four lines of verse (poetry)? A) Free verse. B) Stanza. C) Quatrain. D) Acrostic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Quatrain. 4. All free verse poems rhyme A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 5. What is the correct term for the following definition? Parts of a sentence or whole sentences that are grammatically similar, often repeating a specific word, phrase, or idea. A) Imagery. B) Parallelism. C) Stanza. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Parallelism. 6. ..... is the writer's unique style of expression. A) Idiom. B) Theme. C) Rhyme. D) Voice. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Voice. 7. A literary work in which special intensity is given to the expression of feelings and ideas by the use of figurative language A) Poetry. B) Fiction. C) Nonfiction. D) Symbol. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Poetry. 8. The pattern of end rhyme between lines of a poem or song. A) Repetition. B) Rhythm. C) Rhyme. D) Rhyme Scheme. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rhyme Scheme. 9. Six-line unit in a poem A) Sestet. B) Quatrain. C) Couplet. D) Stanza. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sestet. 10. Mark was a beast on the football field destroying anyone who came in his path. Which type of figurative language is used in the line above? A) Rhyme scheme. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 11. The design of a poem; the means by which a literary work expresses its content A) Form. B) Verse. C) Rhyme. D) Image. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Form. 12. "It is is easy as cake" is a ..... A) Hyperbole. B) We stand. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simile. 13. How many lines does a couplet have? A) 1. B) 2. C) 3. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 2. 14. A long poem, typically one derived from ancient oral tradition, narrating the deeds and adventures of heroic or legendary figures or the history of a nation. A) Sonnet. B) Narrative. C) Blank Verse. D) Epic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Epic. 15. This line of poetry has an example of?Then I made a hike, for I didn't like to hear him sizzle so; A) Rhyme. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Eye Rhyme. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Onomatopoeia. 16. Repetition of the vowel sound across words within the lines of the poem A) Consonance. B) Meter. C) Assonance. D) Rhyme scheme. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Assonance. 17. A short poem expressing the internal and emotional thoughts of a single speaker. They are usually an expression of the poet's feelings about a person, an object, event or idea. They originated as songs and retain their melodic patterns through various forms or rhythm and rhyme. A) Lyric. B) Elegy. C) Ode. D) Sonnet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lyric. 18. Set of words or phrases that are repeated regularly in a poem or song A) Refrain. B) Repetition. C) Rhyme. D) Rhythm. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Refrain. 19. The division of a poem (The "paragraphs" of poetry). A) Theme. B) Mood. C) Stanza. D) Line. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stanza. 20. How is tone created A) Creating imagery. B) What characters do. C) Diction. D) Using contradictions. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Diction. ← 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