This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry Terms – Quiz 418 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 418 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion, or to create humor A) Hyperbole. B) Literal Language. C) Figurative Language. D) Imagery. E) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 2. "his hair was as red as a campfire's blaze" is an example of: A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Imagery. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 3. The dictionary meaning of a word. A) Personification. B) Denotation. C) Symbolism. D) Connotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Denotation. 4. Poetry without regular patterns or rules (does not have rhyme) A) Free Verse Poetry. B) Haiku. C) Ballad. D) Stanza. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Free Verse Poetry. 5. Repetition is a pattern of end rhymes in a poem. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 6. A line of poetry that continues from one line or couplet of a poem to the next with no pause. A) Enjambment. B) Refrain. C) Verse. D) Iambic Pentameter. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Enjambment. 7. The rope SNAPPED in half, and the panic in the child's face was evident. A) Personification. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Onomatopoeia. 8. "Six silly snakes slithered sideways" is an example of A) Personification. B) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 9. A regularly repeated line or group of lines in a poem or a song A) Refrain. B) Quatrain. C) Cinquain. D) Couplet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Refrain. 10. AABB, ABAB, ABCB are examples of ..... A) Repetition. B) Stanza. C) Rhyme scheme. D) Rhyming. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rhyme scheme. 11. A ..... is an extended metaphor with complex logic, or a startling comparison, that governs a poetic passage or an entire poem. A) Apostrophe. B) Conceit. C) Alliteration. D) Paradox. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Conceit. 12. Which is an example of tone? A) Life is like a box of chocolates. B) Pizza is heaven. C) Happy, Sad, Scary, Peaceful, Funny and etc. D) Kids could hear the popping and crackling as their mom dropped the bacon into the frying pan, and soon the salty, greasy smell wafted toward me. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Happy, Sad, Scary, Peaceful, Funny and etc. 13. The description of an object, an animal, a place, or an idea as if it were human A) Repetition. B) Free verse. C) Personification. D) Form. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 14. This gives human like qualities or abilities to nonhuman things A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 15. Stories told in song, using the voice and language of everyday people. They were composed orally, and singers often added or changed details to make the songs meaningful for their audience. A) People mess. B) Traditional ballad. C) Dialect. D) Assonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) People mess. 16. The way a word makes you feel A) Personification. B) Consonance. C) Denotation. D) Connotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Connotation. 17. The literary device of ..... is giving non living things human like characteristics or qualities A) Onomatopoeia. B) Personification. C) Imagery. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 18. The crocodile's teeth are white daggers. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Poetry. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 19. A line or group of lines in a poem separated from other lines by extra white space A) Tone. B) Mood. C) Line. D) Stanza. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Stanza. 20. Groupings of words A) Tercet. B) Meter. C) Lines. D) Couplet. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lines. ← 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