This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry Terms – Quiz 307 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 307 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A rhythmic group of two lines of verse A) Couplet. B) Sestet. C) Cesura. D) Elegy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Couplet. 2. Controlling metaphor A) A whimsical, four-line biographical poem, where the first line is the name of the poem's subject, usually a famous person, and the rhyme scheme is AABB. B) Comparison not using like or as. C) The emphasis that falls on certain syllables and not others. D) A metaphor that extends throught the work. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A metaphor that extends throught the work. 3. When the beginning sounds of words are repeated is called: A) Onomatopoeia. B) Connotation. C) Rhyme Scheme. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alliteration. 4. How fast or slow a poem is read. Short sentences speed up; longer sentences slow it down A) Pace. B) Mood. C) Stanza. D) Form. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pace. 5. The following sentence contains ..... Chilly chicken children shivered with goosebumps. A) Alliteration. B) Assonance. C) Consonance. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 6. A group of words into which a poem or play is divided. A) Stanza. B) Sentence. C) Symbolism. D) Line. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Line. 7. What is it called when the same constant sound is repeated, normally at the beginning of the words. A) Assonance. B) Alliteration. C) Couplet. D) Verse. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 8. What does "personification" mean? A) Attribution of human characteristics to a creature, idea, or object. B) Finding personal meaning in text. C) A reference to something in history or literature. D) A statement which means less than what is intended. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Attribution of human characteristics to a creature, idea, or object. 9. Which is an example of a couplet? A) "Don't show me frogs and snakes / And listen for my scream". B) "They go wild / Life doesn't frighten me at all". C) "I've got a magic charm / That I keep up my sleeve". D) "Panthers in the park / Strangers in the dark". Show Answer Correct Answer: D) "Panthers in the park / Strangers in the dark". 10. Sound in poetry A) Refrain. B) Rhythm. C) Repetition. D) Rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rhythm. 11. Which of the following is NOT an oxymoron? A) Bittersweet. B) Civil war. C) Quick thinking. D) Pretty ugly. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Quick thinking. 12. Song-like poems that tell a story, often dealing with adventure and romance A) Lyric. B) Haiku. C) Narrative. D) Ballad. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ballad. 13. ..... is a regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry. A) RHYME. B) METAPHOR. C) SYLLABLE. D) METER. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) METER. 14. What structure is used in writing poetry? A) Sentences & Paragraphs. B) Sentences & Stanzas. C) Lines and Paragraphs. D) Lines and Stanzas. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lines and Stanzas. 15. The "beat" of the poem, also known as meter. A) Rhyme pattern. B) Rhythm. C) Stanza. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rhythm. 16. The meaning of a word that does not reflect the dictionary definition. An example:The definition of home is love, comfort, and family together. A) Connotation. B) Speaker. C) Imagery. D) Couplet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Connotation. 17. Identical sounds in rhyming A) Near Rhyme. B) End Rhyme. C) Internal Rhyme. D) Exact Rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Exact Rhyme. 18. Figurative Language:Choose the example of personification. A) The sky is low, the clouds are mean. B) Down in their cabins, the sailors are sheep. C) The stormy seas as dark as coal. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The sky is low, the clouds are mean. 19. Language that appeals to the senses-sight, sound, touch, taste, or smell A) Imagery. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imagery. 20. This refers to the writer's use of vivid and descriptive language that appeal to the senses in order to add depth to his/her work. A) Description. B) Imagery. C) Senses. D) Symbols. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 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