This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry Terms – Quiz 327 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 327 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A song or a song-like poem that tells a story. A) Epic. B) Sonnet. C) Ballad. D) Haiku. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ballad. 2. The voice of the poem, similar to a narrative A) Poet. B) Speaker. C) Author. D) Narrator. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Speaker. 3. Words or feelings evoked by another word A) Connotation. B) Denotation. C) Diction. D) Rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Connotation. 4. What type of figurative language is the following sentence:How much dew would a dewdrop drop if a dewdrop did drop dew? A) Allusion. B) Alliteration. C) Personification. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 5. A pattern of stressed syllables that create a beat A) Rhyme. B) Rhythm. C) Rhyme scheme. D) Assonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rhythm. 6. 3 lined poem, usually about nature, 17 syllables A) Limerick. B) Haiku. C) Narrative. D) Free Verse. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Haiku. 7. The way a reader is supposed to feel in response to the work. A) Style. B) Mood. C) Tone. D) Structure. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mood. 8. A type of alliteration that involves a repetition of an 's' sound which creates a hissing quality is called A) Sibilance. B) Assonance. C) Synonym. D) Refrain. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sibilance. 9. Insufficient or not enough A) Inability. B) Infrequently. C) Inadequate. D) Autonomous. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Inadequate. 10. A formal poem, often written as a lament for a departed friend or respected person. The poet usually sets forth his or her ideas about death or some other serious subject. A) Ode. B) Elegy. C) Lyric. D) Ballad. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Elegy. 11. What is it called when poets repeat words, phrases, or lines in a poem? A) Rhyme. B) Repetition. C) Rhythm. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Repetition. 12. Feeling or idea that a word has, in addition to its literal or main meaning A) Denotation. B) Connotation. C) Personification. D) Point of view. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Connotation. 13. What technique repeats sounds, words, phrases, or an entire line? A) A lyric. B) A couplet. C) Repetition. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Repetition. 14. Where a line in a poem is broken and a new line begins A) Meter. B) Stanza. C) Poetry. D) Line break. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Line break. 15. When certain words are repeated A) Alliteration. B) Repetition. C) Imagery. D) Rhyme scheme. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Repetition. 16. Phrases or lines of poetry that are repeated in the poem A) Refrain. B) Enclosed rhyme. C) End rhyme. D) Consonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Refrain. 17. A word that is also the sound it creates. A) Rhyming word. B) Onomatopoeia. C) End Rhyme. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Onomatopoeia. 18. ..... is the name for a group of lines in a poem. A) PARAGRAPH. B) METER. C) STANZA. D) VERSE. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) STANZA. 19. Use of a word whose sound imitates or reinforces its meaning A) Connotation. B) Cacophony. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Synesthesia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Onomatopoeia. 20. A type of lyric poem that deals with serious themes like justice, truth, or beauty. Often odes use a singular object to convey their message. A) Ode. B) Limerick. C) Haiku. D) Free Verse. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ode. ← 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