This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry Terms – Quiz 390 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 390 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is repetition of similar sounding words? A) Line. B) Couplet. C) Rhyme scheme. D) Rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rhyme. 2. Hiss, chirp, plop, buzz are all examples of which poetic device? A) Pun. B) Paradox. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Palindrome. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Onomatopoeia. 3. Repetition of end sound A) Rhythm. B) Rhyme. C) Alliteration. D) Symbol. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rhyme. 4. The literary technique of using words that sound like the word. A) Onomatopoeia. B) Hyperbole. C) Form. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Onomatopoeia. 5. An exaggeration that is not meant to be taken literally A) Hyperbole. B) Alliteration. C) Personification. D) Line. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 6. Same ending sounds of words A) Rhythm. B) Line. C) Rhyme. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rhyme. 7. SNOW, GLOW; HAPPY, PAPPY; SEA, ME; SQUIRREL, CURL are examples of A) Dumb words. B) End rhyme. C) Rhyme scheme. D) Refrain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) End rhyme. 8. What word is defined as "the pattern of rhyme in a poem" ? A) Repetition. B) Rhyme scheme (pattern). C) Line. D) Stanza. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rhyme scheme (pattern). 9. Anything that stands for something else. An example:Red rose symbolizes love A) Repetition. B) Symbol. C) Denotation. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Symbol. 10. A group of words arranged into a row in a poem. A) Syntax. B) Cutting. C) Stanza. D) Line. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Line. 11. Repetitionof the same or very similar consonant sounds usually at the beginning of wordsthat are close together in a poem. A) Assonance. B) Alliteration. C) Irony. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 12. What is a speaker A) A person that speaks. B) A narrator in a story. C) A voice. D) A voice that relates the story or ideas of a poem. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A voice that relates the story or ideas of a poem. 13. Repetition allows for ..... A) Rhythm and rhyme. B) Rhythm and emphasis. C) Rhyme and emphasis. D) Nothing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rhythm and emphasis. 14. A directly expressed comparison; a figure of speech comparing two objects, usually with "like, " "as, " or "than." It is easier to recognize a simile than a metaphor because the comparison is explicit. A) Similarly. B) Prose. C) Allusion. D) Apples to apples comparison. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Similarly. 15. A Pattern of END rhyme A) End Rhyme. B) Rhyme scheme. C) Internal Rhyme. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rhyme scheme. 16. Translating, or rephrasing, a story or poem in your owns words is called ..... A) Alliteration. B) Paraphrasing. C) Connotation. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Paraphrasing. 17. Poetry written to honor someone who has died A) Elegy. B) Epic poetry. C) Sonnet. D) Lyric poetry. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Elegy. 18. A poetic foot is ..... A) An unstressed syllable. B) The repetition of vowel sounds within words. C) A comparison using like or as. D) The smallest unit of rhythm in a poem. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The smallest unit of rhythm in a poem. 19. The repetition of a consonant sound anywhere within words, not just the beginning A) Assonance. B) Consonance. C) Alliteration. D) Meter. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Consonance. 20. Rhyme that happens within the line of poetry. A) Internal Rhyme. B) End Rhyme. C) Rhyme. D) Lyric Poetry. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Internal 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