This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry Terms – Quiz 351 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 351 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A mournful poem, a sad lament for people who have died is called an: A) Epic poem. B) Lyric poem. C) Elegy. D) Sonnet. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Elegy. 2. A comparison of two different things to make them more alike is ..... A) Alliteration. B) Assonance. C) Metaphor. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 3. A comparison of two different things that do not use like or as A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Comparison. D) Contrast. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 4. Poems that don't rhyme are called: A) Haiku. B) Songs. C) Free verse. D) Stanzas. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Free verse. 5. The selection of words in a literary work. A) Haiku. B) Sonnet. C) Dialogue. D) Diction. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Diction. 6. A figure of speech in which the poet describes an abstraction, a thing, or a nonhuman form as if it were a person A) Personification. B) Hyperbole. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 7. How is rhythm created? A) By putting stress on some syllables but not others in a line. B) By rhyming lots of words. C) By rhyming lots of letters. D) By rhyming every stanza. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) By putting stress on some syllables but not others in a line. 8. What is a diamante poem? A) A Mongolian poem that has 7 syllables in the first line, 5 in the second, and 7 in the third. B) A poem that is about two opposite things and is shaped like a diamond. C) A poem that is about two similar things that is shaped like a circle. D) A poem that an author writes about him or herself. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A poem that is about two opposite things and is shaped like a diamond. 9. Which of Bryant's poems is written in blank verse? A) "Thanatopsis". B) "To a Waterfowl". Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "Thanatopsis". 10. A poem that shares ideas and feelings. There is no set ryming pattern or rhythm. There is no set line length. A) Free verse. B) Narrative. C) Repetition. D) Rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Free verse. 11. Which is the correct defintion for Metaphor? A) A comparison between two unlike things, this describes one thing as if it were something else. B) A line having no end punctuation but running over to the next line. C) Speaker in a poem addresses a person not present or an animal, inanimate object, or concept as though it is a person. D) A direct comparison between two dissimilar things; uses "like" or "as" to state the terms of the comparison. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A comparison between two unlike things, this describes one thing as if it were something else. 12. Poetry that tells about ideas, feelings, and/or emotions A) Lyric. B) Limerick. C) Narrative. D) Sonnet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lyric. 13. What are the "paragraphs" of poems? A) Lines. B) Sections. C) Stanzas. D) Forms. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stanzas. 14. What is the correct term for the following definition? When two or more words, close to one another repeat the same vowel sound, but start with different consonant sounds. A) Assonance. B) Metaphor. C) Figurative Language. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Assonance. 15. Attitude a write takes towards the subject. A) Connotation. B) Denotation. C) Speaker. D) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tone. 16. What word refers to words or phrase that appeal to one or more of the five senses? A) Imagery. B) Mood. C) Hyperbole. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imagery. 17. Miss Myers made many muffins on Monday. A) Alliteration. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Rhyme. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 18. "Original Copy", "Same Difference", etc. A) Paradox. B) Metaphor. C) Oxymoron. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Oxymoron. 19. My friend is a treasure. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Alliteration. D) Meter. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 20. Figurative Language:Choose the metaphor. 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: B) Down in their cabins, the sailors are sheep. ← 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