This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry Terms – Quiz 411 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 411 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Combination of words that contradict each other A) Oxymoron. B) Hyperbole. C) Metaphor. D) Portmanteau words. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oxymoron. 2. The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables that give the poem a beat is called ..... A) Rhythm/meter. B) Rhyme. C) Rhyme scheme. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rhythm/meter. 3. Which poetry term is used in the following line:'Her eyes were shining stars'? A) Simile. B) Hyperbole. C) Personification. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metaphor. 4. The same vowel sounds in nearby words A) Assonance. B) Alliteration. C) Rhyme. D) Rhyme scheme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Assonance. 5. An idea, animal, or object is described as if it were a person. A) Hyperbole. B) Personification. C) Image. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 6. A comparison using like, as, or than A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Allegory. D) Equation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 7. This is an example of:Zero Rez A) Personification. B) Metaphor. C) Paradox. D) Palindrome. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Palindrome. 8. A thing or action that represents, in addition to itself, something else A) Symbol. B) Tone. C) Mood. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Symbol. 9. When an author gives human characteristics to a non-living item or animal A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 10. Comparison of two unlike things using the words "like" or "as" A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Tercet. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 11. The rhythmic pattern of a poem A) Meter. B) Measure. C) Pentameter. D) Epic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Meter. 12. The process of repeating certain words or phrases A) Enjambment. B) Apostrophe. C) Allusion. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Repetition. 13. The central meaning or dominant message the poet is trying to deliver to the reader is A) Theme. B) Tone. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Diction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Theme. 14. Human characteristics given to non-human things A) Hyperbole. B) Personification. C) Free verse. D) Assonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 15. Words which appeal to our senses A) Imagery. B) Overstatement. C) Symbol. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imagery. 16. What type of poem is this?Sunshine, shine brightlyAbove the clouds, in the skyA light shining bright A) Free verse. B) Haiku. C) Sonnet. D) Ballad. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Haiku. 17. The tree waved to the grass. A) Personification. B) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 18. This is an idea or feeling that a word may hold that is in addition to its main meaning. A) Connotation. B) Denotation. C) Parallelism. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Connotation. 19. A ..... is a saying that means something completely different than what the words actually say. Example:It is raining cats and dogs. A) Idiom. B) Sensory language. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Idiom. 20. "Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana, " is an example of which poetic device? A) Riddle. B) Pun. C) Assonance. D) Paradox. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pun. ← 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