This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry Terms – Quiz 285 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 285 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Mary had a little lamb, Its fleece was white as snow, And everywhere that Mary went The lamb was sure to go; A) Poem. B) Prose. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Poem. 2. Any popular narrative poem, often with epic subject and usually in lyric form. A) Ballad. B) Allegory. C) Selection of detail. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ballad. 3. Words sound alike because they share the same ending vowel and consonant sounds is called ..... A) Haiku. B) Rhyme. C) Stanza. D) Speaker. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rhyme. 4. What is the definition of a imagery? A) How the reader feels. B) The poet's attitude about the poem's topic or subject. C) Descriptive words used to help the reader visualize what is happening. D) Language that is not literal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Descriptive words used to help the reader visualize what is happening. 5. The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of a word is A) Alliteration. B) Allusion. C) Rhyme Scheme. D) Stanza. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 6. Paulo Coelho is A) The author of "The Kite Runner". B) Brazilian. C) A college professor. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Brazilian. 7. What is the definition of Conceit? A) An extended metaphor with complex logic, or a startling comparison, that governs a poetic passafe or entire poem. B) A pause within a line of verse. C) When a poem's speaker addresses someone who is absent. D) When someone is selfish. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An extended metaphor with complex logic, or a startling comparison, that governs a poetic passafe or entire poem. 8. ..... is describing or comparing two unlike things without using "like" or "as" . A) SIMILE. B) RHYTHM. C) METAPHOR. D) PERSONIFICATION. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) METAPHOR. 9. Bake a big cake with lots of butter and bring it to the birthday bash. Is this alliteration or hyperbole? A) Alliteration. B) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 10. What's the meaning of this metaphor? "After all the fans left the stadium, the bleachers were a disaster area." A) Trash and leftover food and drinks littered the ground. B) Lots of caution tape was used to block off sections. C) Reporters were everywhere trying to catch a story. D) After the game, a tornado hit. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Trash and leftover food and drinks littered the ground. 11. When two words end in the same sound, this is known as what? A) Rhyming words. B) Stanza. C) Personification. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rhyming words. 12. Language that represents one thing it terms of another A) Figurative Language. B) Literal Language. C) Satire. D) Symbol. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Figurative Language. 13. Emily Dickinson was a recluse. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 14. The use of a word to suggest a different association than its literal meaning A) Connotation. B) Denotation. C) Mood. D) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Connotation. 15. The gut feeling you get when you hear a word A) Connotation. B) Denotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Connotation. 16. "This man, this barking dog, this gulled fool" ~~ MEDEA A) Repetition. B) Anaphora. C) Epistrophe. D) Zeugma. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anaphora. 17. Define Anaphora A) Compare two unlike things using "like" or "as". B) The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses. C) Compare two unlike things without using "like" or "as". D) A literary device that repeats the same words or phrases a few times to make an idea clearer and more memorable. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses. 18. The pattern created by placing rhyming words in specific places A) Rhythm. B) Rhyme scheme. C) Rhyme. D) Refrain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rhyme scheme. 19. A person, place, or object that stands for a larger idea A) Imagery. B) Symbol. C) Figurative language. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Symbol. 20. A set or group of lines in a poem A) Stanza. B) Verse. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stanza. ← 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