This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry Terms – Quiz 299 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 299 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Analysis of a poem's meter A) Scansion. B) Spondee. C) Synecdoche. D) Trope. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Scansion. 2. The repetition of consonant sounds like in "sally sells sea shells by the sea shore" A) Assonance. B) Repetition. C) Alliteration. D) Rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 3. Writer's choice of words. (Specific words convey a particular tone or meaning). A) Theme. B) Diction. C) Tone. D) Connotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Diction. 4. Dual, twofold, characterized by two parts. A) Binary. B) Cutting. C) Blank verse. D) Beat. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Binary. 5. It seems that tom's home was prison A) Tom's home has a lot of fences. B) Tom locked his front door. C) Tom was forced to stay at home. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tom was forced to stay at home. 6. When doubt was a hiss in my ear. A) Onomatopoeia. B) Oxymoron. C) Simile. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Onomatopoeia. 7. A pattern or recurring idea/image/symbol in literary work. A) Allegory. B) Paradox. C) Motif. D) Synecdoche. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Motif. 8. Which of the following senses are used when the author uses IMAGERY? A) Seeing, hearing, feeling, moving, tasting. B) Seeing, touching, smelling, moving, hearing. C) Seeing, feeling, hearing, touching. D) Seeing, hearing, touching, smelling, tasting. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Seeing, hearing, touching, smelling, tasting. 9. This kind of verse follows fixed, established patterns A) Ballad. B) Formal verse. C) Sonnet. D) Concrete poem. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Formal verse. 10. Sometimes poems have a rhythm ..... a heartbeat. Some syllables are stressed, others are unstressed. This is called the poem's what? A) Stanza. B) Rhyme. C) Repetition. D) Meter. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Meter. 11. The attitude the writer takes toward his/her subject. A) Theme. B) Point of View. C) Tone. D) Rhyme Scheme. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tone. 12. ..... are places where the lines of poetry end to add emphasis to certain words or phrases A) Line breaks. B) Stanza. C) Form. D) Free verse. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Line breaks. 13. Sonnets have how many lines A) 8. B) 10. C) 12. D) 14. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 14. 14. Which of the following poemsBEST describes an outline poem? A) A poem about dogs. B) A poem in the shape of a poem. C) A pumpkin poem in the shape of a pumpkin. D) A love poem in the shape of stanzas. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A pumpkin poem in the shape of a pumpkin. 15. Where a poet chooses to stop a line and start a new one A) Poetic voice. B) End rhyme. C) Lineation. D) Structure. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lineation. 16. What type of figurative language is the following example?The color red represents danger and fear. A) Metaphor. B) Theme. C) Alliteration. D) Symbol. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Symbol. 17. The use of words to create pictures that appeal to the five senses or inner thoughts and emotions, is an example of A) Personification. B) Imagery. C) Allusion. D) Symbolism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Imagery. 18. 3 unrhymed lines (5, 7, 5) usually focusing on nature. A) Limerick. B) Haiku. C) Lyric poem. D) Narrative poem. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Haiku. 19. Using a dash in poetry is a form of punctuation that A) Indicates that anticipation of something. B) Ends a thought and creates dramatic effect. C) Marks a pause, may build on or clarify something, or add emphasis. D) Substitutes a semi-colon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Marks a pause, may build on or clarify something, or add emphasis. 20. "The sunlight kissed her head as the gentle breeze whispered in her ear." This is an example of ..... A) Rhythm. B) Structure. C) Style. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. ← 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