This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry Terms – Quiz 311 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 311 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Cliche A) When words mean something beyond their literal (real) meaning. B) When words mean exactly what is said. C) The repetition of beginning sounds in words. D) A word or phrase that has been overused, so it is considered "tired". Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A word or phrase that has been overused, so it is considered "tired". 2. A five line poem organized by a word pattern-1 word in line 1, 2 words in line 2, 3 words in line 3, so on A) Quatrain. B) Cinquain. C) Haiku. D) Acrostic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cinquain. 3. The repetition of vowel sounds in nearby words A) Imagery. B) Denotation. C) Assonance. D) Consonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Assonance. 4. The plums are proud and round. A) Assonance. B) Consonance. C) None. D) Rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Assonance. 5. Before you try to analyze the meaning of the poem you should: A) Memorize it. B) Read about the author. C) Read it several times. D) Have someone read it to you. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Read it several times. 6. This is a type of poetry that exhibits poetic language but does not follow fixed patterns. A) Free Haiku. B) Free Verse. C) Relaxed Sonnet. D) Ode. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Free Verse. 7. An exaggeration used to emphasize a truth A) Apostrophe. B) Connotation. C) Overstatement. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Overstatement. 8. The dreams are clues that tell us take chances. The source of faith in happiness andDaylight changes, and it is time to take The night frost drips silently from the roof The above is an example of: A) Blank verse. B) Heroic couplet. C) Third rime. D) Ballad meter. E) Free verse. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Blank verse. 9. A life lesson or message about life A) Poem. B) Metaphor. C) Assonance. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Theme. 10. How many syllables does a haiku have in all? A) 27. B) 5. C) 7. D) 17. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 17. 11. The same VOWEL sounds in the middle of words that are close together. A) Alliteration. B) Assonance. C) Internal rhyme. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Assonance. 12. Verse writing that is nearly always rhythmical, usually metaphorical and often exhibits such formal elements as meter, rhyme, stanza structure. A) Poetry. B) Narration. C) Dialogue. D) Writing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Poetry. 13. A stanza with 2 lines is a ..... A) Octave. B) Third. C) The sepsis. D) Couplet. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Couplet. 14. The lines of a poem arranged into a group A) Rhyme. B) Stanza. C) Traditional. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stanza. 15. The ordered pattern of rhymes at the end of each line A) Internal rhyme. B) Near rhyme. C) Slant rhyme. D) Rhyme scheme. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rhyme scheme. 16. A poem of serious reflection, typically a lament for someone who has passed away A) Elegy. B) Ode. C) Sestet. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Elegy. 17. What is a brief reference to a real or fictional person, event, place, or work of art? A) Artichoke. B) Assonance. C) Illusion. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Allusion. 18. The words, phrases, and sentences that come before and after a particular word in a passage A) Context. B) Tone/Connotation. C) Rhyme. D) Narrative. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Context. 19. Rhythm/Meter is defined as..... A) A single line of poetry. B) The beat of a poem; usually determined by the number of syllables. C) A group of lines in a poem. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The beat of a poem; usually determined by the number of syllables. 20. When writers and speakers use words that are more than the basic meaning of the words A) Metaphor. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Figurative language. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Figurative language. ← 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