This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry Terms – Quiz 341 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 341 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A fourteen line lyric poem focused on a single theme. A) Sonnet. B) Symbol. C) Couplet. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sonnet. 2. Referenceto a statement, a person, or an event from literature, history, religion, mythology, politics, sports, science, or pop culture. A) Simile. B) Connotation. C) Allusion. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Allusion. 3. An ..... helps people to understand something unknown by connecting it to something that is known. A) Analogy. B) Apostrophe. C) Avocado. D) Experience. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Analogy. 4. Purpose A) The point why the text was written. B) The main location of the written work. C) The main author of the piece of writing. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The point why the text was written. 5. Last words of rhyme have a similar sound but not perfect rhyme A) End rhyme. B) Slant rhyme. C) Internal rhyme. D) External rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Slant rhyme. 6. Giving human characteristics to something that is not human A) Alliteration. B) Imagery. C) Personification. D) Speaker. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 7. Picture poem A) A story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one. B) A line that ends with a stressed syllable. C) A harsh mixture of conflicting noises. D) A type of open form poetry in which the poet arranges the lines of the poem so as to create a particular shape on the page. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A type of open form poetry in which the poet arranges the lines of the poem so as to create a particular shape on the page. 8. The most specific or literal meaning of a word A) Denotation. B) Connotation. C) Migration. D) Oration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Denotation. 9. Read these lines from the poem. I felt beaten splashing out to see How little garden was left to me. The poet uses these lines to show that the speaker feels- A) Defeated by the storm. B) Confused by the effect the rain had on the garden. C) Burdened by the amount of work required to manage a garden. D) Concerned that the storm has not ended. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Defeated by the storm. 10. Writing that brings pleasure through beautiful, imaginative, or elevated thoughts A) Line. B) Verse. C) Poetry. D) Senses. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Poetry. 11. Repeating a sound, word, or phrase to create an effect. A) Repetition. B) Stanza. C) Alliteration. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Repetition. 12. Which of the following refers to a hidden, underlying meaning of a word? A) Connotation. B) Denotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Connotation. 13. Addressing an inanimate object as if it were alive A) Personification. B) Apostrophe. C) Imagery. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Apostrophe. 14. A comparison between 2 unlike things without using 'like' or 'as' A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 15. What type of figurative language is the following example?Miss Martin moved microwaves to Mars. A) Personification. B) Alliteration. C) Symbol. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 16. Which is the best example of alliteration? A) Only three girls came to the picnic. B) She wants to see that movie. C) I like popcorn, peanuts, and Pepsi when I watch movies. D) The sun was in my eyes all day and I got a headache!. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I like popcorn, peanuts, and Pepsi when I watch movies. 17. A nineteen line poetic form consisting of five tercets followed by a quatrain A) Villanelles. B) Ode. C) Elegy. D) Cinquain. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Villanelles. 18. Comparing two things N0T using "like" or "as" is A) Alliteration. B) Metaphor. C) Symbolism. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 19. Group of lines forming a unit in a poem, similar to paragraph in prose A) Refrain. B) Stanza. C) Line. D) Speaker. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stanza. 20. Comparison of two unlike things without using simile words (like or as) A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Allusion. D) Analogy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. ← 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