This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry Terms – Quiz 427 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 427 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The repetition of ending sounds A) Simile. B) Rhyme. C) Free verse. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rhyme. 2. The systematic arrangement of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry, creating a rhythmic pattern A) Hyperbole. B) Rhyme. C) Rhythm. D) Meter. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Meter. 3. The repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of words that are near each other in poetry or in writing. A) Hyperbole. B) Alliteration. C) Personification. D) Line. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 4. Which connotation is MORE negative? I didn't like the ..... on the jester's face. A) Grin. B) Smirk. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Smirk. 5. The longest river in the world. It flows north from Uganda in East Africa through Sudan and Egypt into the Mediterranean Sea. A) Mississippi River. B) Nile River. C) Rocky River. D) Euphrates river. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nile River. 6. A special type of creative writing that doesn't usually follow a set of rules and is made up of stanzas and lines is called a- A) Poem. B) Ballad. C) Persuasive writing. D) Descriptive writing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Poem. 7. Which sets of words are examples of onomatopoeia? A) Dog, Cat, Cow. B) Buzz, Hiss, Pop. C) Happy, Sad, Angry. D) Blue, Red, Green. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Buzz, Hiss, Pop. 8. Poems are mostly made of ..... A) Concrete diction. B) Abstract diction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Concrete diction. 9. Poetry that is free from limitations of regular meter or rhythm A) Ode. B) Haiku. C) Free verse. D) Acrostic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Free verse. 10. What is the general term for methods like alliteration that are used by an author to emphasize specific sounds in poetry? A) Figurative language. B) Rhyme scheme. C) Sound devices. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sound devices. 11. Which connotation is MORE negative? It made me feel ..... A) Uneasy. B) Frightened. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Frightened. 12. A poem that tells the reader a story A) Lyric. B) Narrative. C) Dramatic. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Narrative. 13. Comparing two or more unlike things using like or as A) Metaphor. B) Figurative Language. C) Sensory Language. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simile. 14. Creates a picture in the reader's mind A) Picture. B) Imagery. C) Vision. D) Mental image. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Imagery. 15. Using a word or phrasethat does not actually name an object, but represents a part of it or a related idea, in order to reference the whole thingis called A) Metaphor. B) Metonymy. C) Symbol. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metonymy. 16. "Running the trail was a breeze" is an example of A) Simile. B) Personification. C) Idiom. D) Symbolism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Idiom. 17. A narrative poem, intended to be sung, consisting of simple stanzas and usually having a refrain. A) Ballad. B) Narrative. C) Haiku. D) Free Verse. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ballad. 18. The author of the poem is ..... A) The narrator. B) The poet. C) The speaker. D) Shakespeare. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The poet. 19. Two back-to-back lines that rhyme A) Couplet. B) Limerick. C) Parallel. D) Epic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Couplet. 20. Simile or Metaphor:Math is like a puzzle that never ends. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. ← 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