This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry Terms – Quiz 41 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 41 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. JUXTAPOSITION A) Placing two elements FAR APART from one another in order to compare/contrast the two. B) The last two lines of a poem. C) The rising action of a poem. D) Placing two elements CLOSE TOGETHER or SIDE BY SIDE in order to compare/contrast the two. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Placing two elements CLOSE TOGETHER or SIDE BY SIDE in order to compare/contrast the two. 2. Idioms A) A statement that does not make literal or logical sense to anyone outside a culture. B) A play on words using homophones, homonyms, and homograph. C) An extreme exaggeration used to make a point, but not meant to be taken literally. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A statement that does not make literal or logical sense to anyone outside a culture. 3. Repetition of similar vowel sounds A) Rhyme. B) Rhythm. C) Assonance. D) Consonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Assonance. 4. The rhyme scheme which features two rhyming lines of poetry is called: A) Limerick. B) Couplet. C) Dactyl. D) Anapest. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Couplet. 5. Identify the metaphor A) My heart was a bucket full of joy after all the sweet compliments. B) My heart is a muscle. C) My heart is like a hand pump pushing blood all throughout my body. D) My heart is like a muscle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) My heart was a bucket full of joy after all the sweet compliments. 6. What word means comparing two things without using the words "like" or "as" ? A) Metaphor. B) Idiom. C) Simile. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 7. "Love took a hold of me" is an example of ..... A) Hyperbole. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 8. To say something figuratively is to ..... A) Not intend the usual meaning of the words, exaggerate or use metaphor. B) To mean exactly what you say directly. C) To stress syllables in speech. D) To rhyme your words. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Not intend the usual meaning of the words, exaggerate or use metaphor. 9. A word that sounds like what it means is A) Tone. B) Allusion. C) Onomatopoeia. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Onomatopoeia. 10. The repetition of a vowel sound in close proximity with each other A) Assonance. B) Alliteration. C) Consonance. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Assonance. 11. Couplet A) A group of lines in a poem. B) A pair of rhymed lines that may or may not constitute a separate stanza in a poem. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A pair of rhymed lines that may or may not constitute a separate stanza in a poem. 12. A subtle, intentional reference to a historical, mythic, or literary person, place, event, or movement A) Oxymoron. B) Allusion. C) Imagery. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Allusion. 13. A harsh discordant mixture of sounds A) Consonance. B) Cacophony. C) Imagery. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cacophony. 14. Which is the correct definition for the term Dramatic Monologue? A) A line ending in a full pause, usually indicated with a period or semicolon. B) A type of poem, derived from the theater, in which a speaker addresses an internal listener or the reader. C) A comparison between two unlike things, this describes one thing as if it were something else. Does not use "like" or "as" for the comparison. D) Unacknowledged reference and quotations that authors assume their readers will recognize. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A type of poem, derived from the theater, in which a speaker addresses an internal listener or the reader. 15. I'm not looking forward to the long drive, I wish I could just click my heels together three times and wish myself there! A) Allusion. B) Alliteration. C) Hyperbole. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Allusion. 16. Is intentionally exaggerated figures of speech. A) Tone. B) Similarly. C) Hyperbole. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 17. A word used to describe a sound A) Onomatopoeia. B) Allusion. C) Alliteration. D) Anaphora. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Onomatopoeia. 18. Exaggeration or overstatement A) Concrete Poetry. B) Exposition. C) Flashback. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hyperbole. 19. The rhyme scheme of a haiku is ..... A) THE FATHER. B) ABAB CDCD EFEF GG. C) AABB CCDD EEFF. D) No rhyme scheme. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) No rhyme scheme. 20. Deliberate exaggeration or overstatement A) Hyperbole. B) Oxymoron. C) Stanza. D) Cliche. 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