This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry Terms – Quiz 355 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 355 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The repetition of a consonant sound within a phrase, typically used at the end of the word, but also refers to repeated sounds in the middle of a word. A) Personification. B) Consonance. C) Rhyme scheme. D) Assonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Consonance. 2. The repeated E, O and I sounds in the following quote are an example of With his ebony hands on each ivory keyHe made that poor piano moan with melody. A) Alliteration. B) Assonance. C) Consonance. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Assonance. 3. A poem that tells a story in a verse; similar to short stories (plots and characters) A) Narrative. B) Haiku. C) Free verse. D) Rhyming couplets. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Narrative. 4. What is the rhyme scheme of a limerick? A) ABABA. B) THE FATHER. C) Door. D) RESPECT. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) THE FATHER. 5. A Japanese poem written in 3 lines with first line 5 syllables, second line 7 syllables, and third line is 5 syllables. A) Shakespearean Sonnet. B) Lyric. C) Haiku. D) Cinquain. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Haiku. 6. The repetition of the same beginning sound, usually a consonant, in a phrase or line of poetry Example:Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. A) Alliteration. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 7. Does poetry have to rhyme? A) Yes!. B) No!. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No!. 8. The author who wrote the poem from their ideas A) Speaker. B) Audience. C) Character. D) Poet. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Poet. 9. This is another name for a short poem with a songlike quality A) Haiku. B) Sonnet. C) Flashback. D) Lyric. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lyric. 10. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a narrative poem? A) Tells a story. B) Shares thoughts/feelings and must be musical. C) There is a setting. D) There are characters. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Shares thoughts/feelings and must be musical. 11. A writer or speaker's attitude toward his or her subject matter. How they feel about what they are saying A) Personification. B) Mood. C) Tone. D) Figurative language. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tone. 12. Which vocabulary word is being defined? A humorous, rhyming, 5 line poem with a specific rhythm pattern and rhyme scheme? A) Concrete Poem. B) Limerick Poem. C) Haiku Poem. D) Narrative Poem. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Limerick Poem. 13. A lyric poem, rhymed or unrhymed, that praises something or someone A) Prose. B) Rhyme. C) Ode. D) Homonym. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ode. 14. A written expression showing feelings and emotions using figurative language, and there are different types. A) Form. B) Theme. C) Line. D) Poetry. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Poetry. 15. Occurs when one thing stands for or represents something else. A) Allusion. B) Symbolism. C) Mood. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Symbolism. 16. A humorous poem consisting of 5 lines. A) Balled. B) Limerick. C) Haiku. D) Ode. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Limerick. 17. What is the figurative device that is an extreme exaggeration? A) Simile. B) Hyperbole. C) Allusion. D) Symbol. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 18. What is a formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named (ie buzz, sizzle)? A) Onomatopoeia. B) Personification. C) Alliteration. D) Assonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Onomatopoeia. 19. In addition to rhyme, which poetic device do these lines show? For thy sweet love remembered such wealth bringsThat then I scorn to change my state with kings. A) Irony. B) Satire. C) Inversion. D) Sarcasm. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Inversion. 20. Two or more lines with rhyming words is called ..... A) Stanza. B) Rhyme. C) Metaphor. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rhyme. ← 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