This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry Terms – Quiz 301 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 301 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The vowel and ending consonant have similar sounds ex. lamp/ stamp A) Haiku. B) Internal rhyme. C) Complete rhyme. D) Refrain. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Complete rhyme. 2. Piece of poetry written with a specific rhythm or pattern A) Verse. B) Refrain. C) Elegy. D) Sestet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Verse. 3. In the poem "The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere" what had to happen before Revere could begin his ride? A) His friend had to signal from the bell tower. B) The colonists had to chase British soldiers down the road. C) He needed to hear the rooster crowing. D) The first colonist needed to join the other fighters. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) His friend had to signal from the bell tower. 4. A type of poetry that follows fixed, established patterns A) Formal verse. B) Blank verse. C) Free verse. D) Narrative Poem. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Formal verse. 5. If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, how many pickled peppers did Peter Piper pick? A) Alliteration. B) Consonance. C) Assonance. D) Rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 6. Comparisons between two unlike things without like or as A) Hyperbole. B) Alliteration. C) Personification. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metaphor. 7. Groupings of lines in poems are ..... A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Stanzas. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Stanzas. 8. Exaggeration for effect A) Rhyme. B) Hyperbole. C) Line. D) Literal language. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 9. An amusing or funny verse with five lines. It has 3 long lines which rhyme and 2 short lines that rhyme A) Acrostic. B) Limerick. C) Shape poetry. D) Cinquain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Limerick. 10. A ..... in a poem means words that are written in a row. A) Stanza. B) Line. C) Alliteration. D) Meter. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Line. 11. Chapbook A) Unrhymed iambic pentameter. B) Close repetition of vowel sounds. C) A small book of about 24-50 pages. D) A brief ending no more than 4 lines long; summary. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A small book of about 24-50 pages. 12. A reference to a famous person, place, event, or work of literature or art A) Allusion. B) Illusion. C) Elusion. D) Collusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Allusion. 13. Buzz; growl; gulp; slither; bang A) Personification. B) Hyperbole. C) Alliteration. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Onomatopoeia. 14. The pictures you see in your mind when you read a poem. A) Tone. B) Imagery. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Imagery. 15. A literary device that involves using the same word or phrase over and over again in a piece of writing or speech A) Conflict. B) Foreshadowing. C) Greek values. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Repetition. 16. Read the poem below and identify the rhyme scheme. I smelled the scent of a rose, I inhaled the scent through my nose. While allergic to pollen, A sneeze came a callin' And knocked me right off of my toes. A) ABABB. B) ABCAB. C) THE FATHER. D) There is no rhyme scheme in the poem. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) THE FATHER. 17. The way words and lines are laid out on a page A) Line. B) Stanza. C) Simile. D) Form. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Form. 18. Repeated consonant sounds at the beginning of words placed near each other, usually on the same or adjacent lines. A) Assonance. B) Alliteration. C) Rhyme. D) Consonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 19. Rhyming words placed WITHIN a line of poetry. A) External rhyme. B) Internal rhyme. C) Ballad. D) Slant rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Internal rhyme. 20. Words that appeal to your 5 senses (smell, taste, touch, sight, hearing). A) Imagery. B) Free verse. C) Poetry. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imagery. ← 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