This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry Terms – Quiz 304 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 304 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Focuses on erasing words to create a different meaning. A) Blackout. B) Free Verse. C) Sonnet. D) ABC. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Blackout. 2. How many lines does a cinquain have to have? A) Three. B) Seven. C) Six. D) Five. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Five. 3. A word that has the same meaning as another word. A) Line. B) Stanza. C) Break. D) Synonym. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Synonym. 4. A play on words, using multiple meanings or similar sounds to make a joke. A) Repetition. B) Irony. C) Pun. D) Sonnet. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pun. 5. Writing or speech not meant to be interpreted literally, used to create vivid impressions by setting up comparisons between dissimilar things A) Figurative language. B) Blank verse. C) Ballad. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Figurative language. 6. Words used in an imaginative way to express ideas that are not literally true A) Alliteration. B) Figurative language. C) Rhyme. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Figurative language. 7. A character that the poet has created. One who uses the words 'I' and 'me'. A) Narrator. B) Main Character. C) Lead Role. D) Speaker. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Speaker. 8. Extravagant exaggeration A) Hyperbole. B) Line. C) Speaker. D) Sestet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 9. ..... is the repetition of sounds at the ends of words. A) Rhyme. B) Refrain. C) Line. D) Free verse. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rhyme. 10. A person who writes a poem is called an ..... A) Poet. B) Author. C) Illustrator. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Poet. 11. Mood in poerty is ..... A) An attitude of a writer toward a subject or an audience. B) A temporary state of mind or feeling. C) Evokes certain feelings or emotions in readers through words and descriptions. Usually referred to as the atmosphere of a literary piece. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Evokes certain feelings or emotions in readers through words and descriptions. Usually referred to as the atmosphere of a literary piece. 12. Simile, metaphor, personification, allusion, etc.-go beyond literal meaning A) Figurative language. B) Personification. C) Allusion. D) Pun. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Figurative language. 13. What is the following sentence an example of ..... Ethan's smile is a mile wide. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hyperbole. 14. Compares two things using is, was or are in the sentence. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 15. Which term is this the definition for:A fixed pattern of accented and unaccented syllables in lines of fixed length to create rhythm. A) Stanza. B) Meter. C) Rhyme. D) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Meter. 16. Two words that have the same sound. A) Rhythm. B) Rhyme. C) Repetition. D) Stanza. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rhyme. 17. An expression of ideas or feeling in words, usually having a form, rhythm and rhyme is called ..... A) Poetry. B) Personification. C) Metaphor. D) Rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Poetry. 18. "I hear lake water lapping || with low sounds by the shore ..... " A) Cutting. B) Double line. C) Repetition. D) Stanza. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cutting. 19. Choose the answer that uses a simile. A) Roses are red, violets are blue ". B) "Your blue eyes are sapphires.". C) "I love you to the moon and back.". D) "You are as beautiful as a rose.". Show Answer Correct Answer: D) "You are as beautiful as a rose.". 20. The speaker in poetry is defined as ..... A) A type of figurative language in which two things are being compared without using "like" or "as" . B) The narrator of a poem. The poem is told from the perspective of the speaker. C) A figure of speech in which animals, ideas, or objects are given human qualities. D) The central meaning or dominant message the poet is trying to deliver to the reader. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The narrator of a poem. The poem is told from the perspective of the speaker. ← 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