This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry Terms – Quiz 415 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 415 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Marjorie is as quiet as a mouse A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 2. A funny poem with 5 lines. A) Poet. B) Limerick. C) Free Verse. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Limerick. 3. What is this an example of: "To Tony's Pizza I went / Many dollars I spent." A) Inversion. B) Rhyme Scheme. C) Denotation. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Inversion. 4. Exaggerating something more than it is. A) Hyperbole. B) Denotation. C) Connotation. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 5. The race car driver got a ticket for driving too slowly on the freeway. This is an example of ..... A) Situational Irony. B) Verbal Irony. C) Dramatic Irony. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Situational Irony. 6. The "beat" or the regular pattern of sounds found in some poems A) Rhythm. B) Rhyme. C) Simile. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rhythm. 7. A group of words arranged into a row that ends for a reason other than the right-hand margin. A) Quartet. B) Stanza. C) Line. D) Haiku. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Line. 8. Stanza of 4 lines with alternating rhymes A) Couplet. B) Quatrain. C) Cinquain. D) Stanza. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Quatrain. 9. Poetry that doesn't have any regular meter or rhyme scheme A) Blank verse. B) Long verse. C) Free verse. D) Middle verse. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Free verse. 10. The band played as loud as a sonic boom. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Eardrums. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 11. A line of poetry ending in a full pause, usually indicated with a period or semicolon. A) Couplet. B) Diction. C) Dramatic monologue. D) End-stopped line:. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) End-stopped line:. 12. The main idea expressed in a literary work. A) Tone. B) Theme. C) Imagery. D) Stanza. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Theme. 13. The writer's attitude toward his or her audience and subject A) Mood. B) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tone. 14. A group of lines in poetry that appear together, separated from other lines A) Stanza. B) Free verse. C) Cross-reference. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stanza. 15. Flag-Freedom; Red rose-Love. These are examples of a what? A) Symbol. B) Allusion. C) Imagery. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Symbol. 16. A poem that features some kind of list A) Ode. B) Epic poem. C) Ballad. D) Catalog poem. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Catalog poem. 17. Two unstressed syllables followed by one stressed syllable ..... like the word "underneath ..... is called: A) Trochee. B) Spondee. C) Iamb. D) Anapest. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Anapest. 18. A type of poetry that presents the thoughts and feelings of a speaker. Most poems, other than narrative poems, are lyric poems. They can cover a variety of subjects:love, death, everyday experiences A) Lyric. B) Dramatic. C) Narrative. D) Ballad. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lyric. 19. Similar to alliteration EXCEPT:repeated consonant sounds can be anywhere in the words, not just at the beginning! A) Assonance. B) Consonance. C) Alliteration. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Consonance. 20. What is the attribution of human qualities to inanimate objects? A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Theme. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. ← 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