This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry Terms – Quiz 401 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 401 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is when two or more words in the same line (or in close lines) that have similar vowel sounds (like browse and prowl) A) Alliteration. B) End rhyme. C) Free verse. D) Assonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Assonance. 2. A type of lyric poem that addresses broad, serious topics such as justice, truth, or beauty. A) Lyric. B) Narrative. C) Epic. D) Ode. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ode. 3. What is this an example of? Her cheeks are as red as a rose. A) Hyperbole. B) Personification. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 4. An extreme exaggeration for the purpose of being dramatic or humorous A) Hyperbole. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Free verse. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 5. A division in a poem named for the number of lines it contains A) Tone. B) Stanza. C) Hyperbole. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stanza. 6. The implied meaning of the words A) Connotation. B) Denotation. C) Free verse. D) Meter. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Connotation. 7. An ..... is a paradox achieved by the use of words which seem to contradict one another. A) OxyClean. B) Moronic. C) Moronoxy. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Oxymoron. 8. Bing, Bang, Boom A) Internal rhyme. B) Poetry. C) Onomatopoeia. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Onomatopoeia. 9. Group of two or more lines A) Stanza. B) Line. C) Refrain. D) Couplet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stanza. 10. The use of highly descriptive language which is meant to appeal to the reader's senses. It creates a mental image or feeling. A) Alliteration. B) Allusion. C) Hyperbole. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Imagery. 11. The "paragraphs" of poetry that group lines together. A) Meter. B) Repetition. C) Stanza. D) Connotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stanza. 12. What is the definition of 'stanza' in poetry? A) A type of musical instrument used in poetry. B) A group of lines that form a unit within a poem. C) A form of punctuation used at the end of a line in poetry. D) A type of rhyme scheme in poetry. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A group of lines that form a unit within a poem. 13. It is the repetition of consonant sounds in the middle or end of words. A) Assonance. B) Consonance. C) Internal Rhyme. D) End Rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Consonance. 14. A phrase that is used excessively and has become a bit meaningless and even irritating. A) Euphemism. B) Imagery. C) Cliche. D) Form. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cliche. 15. The continuation of a sentence or phrase from one line of a poem to the next without a pause is called ..... A) Alliteration. B) Rhyme. C) Enjambment. D) End-Stop. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Enjambment. 16. The dictionary meaning of a word. An example:Home:The pace where one lives permanently, esp. as a member of a family or household. A) Repetition. B) Alliteration. C) Consonance. D) Denotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Denotation. 17. Ethan's smile is a mile wide. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hyperbole. 18. Internal rhyme vs external rhyme A) Internal rhyme is when words rhyme WITHIN the same line and external rhyme are when words rhyme on the ENDS of lines. B) Internal rhyme is when words rhyme at the END of lines and external rhyme is when words rhyme at the INSIDE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Internal rhyme is when words rhyme WITHIN the same line and external rhyme are when words rhyme on the ENDS of lines. 19. An element that writers use to make their writing more interesting and expressive. A) Figurative language. B) Stanza. C) Structure. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Figurative language. 20. What is a regular pattern of accented and unaccented syllables? A) Meter. B) Rhyme. C) Repetition. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Meter. ← 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