This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry Terms – Quiz 435 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 435 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. One should read a poem at least ..... A) Once. B) Twice. C) Three times. D) As many times as it takes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Three times. 2. Poetry not written in a regular, rhythmical pattern, or metre A) Extended Metaphor. B) Allusion. C) Free Verse. D) Soliloquy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Free Verse. 3. The use of a word that imitates the sound it describes A) Line. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Stanza. D) Lyric. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Onomatopoeia. 4. What sound device is presented in the following line?When company comes/And be ashamed-? A) External Rhyme. B) Internal Rhyme. C) Alliteration. D) Slant Rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 5. A five-line poem in which each line follows a rule; a word for the subject, two which describe it, three that show action, four which show feeling & the subject word again or another word for it A) Cinquain. B) Quatrain. C) Tercet. D) Octain. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cinquain. 6. Which term means a word that imitates the sound it represents? A) Alliteration. B) Metaphor. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Onomatopoeia. 7. True or False:Poetry has a narrator. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 8. The direct opposite, a sharp contrast. A) Allusion. B) Analogy. C) Antithesis. D) Amplification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Antithesis. 9. 4 line stanza with rhyme A) Sestet. B) Quatrain. C) Octave. D) Couplet. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Quatrain. 10. A ..... is a comparison between two unlike things that does not contain the work like or as. A) Personification. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metaphor. 11. A division in a poem named for thte number of lines it contains A) Paragraph. B) Verse. C) Stanza. D) Chorus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stanza. 12. Repetition of consonant sounds, mostly seen at the beginning of words A) Alliterations. B) Assonance. C) Consonance. D) Rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliterations. 13. Humorous rhyming five-line poems with a specific rhythm pattern A) Narrative. B) Haiku. C) Free verse. D) Limericks. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Limericks. 14. This is a vague hint at what may happen in the future A) Foreshadowing. B) Flashback. C) Hyperbole. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Foreshadowing. 15. A group of more than one line in a poem A) Quatrain. B) Stanza. C) Form. D) Couplet. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stanza. 16. Verse can mean A) A line in a poem. B) Poetry. C) Per room. D) Poetry and a line in a poem. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Poetry and a line in a poem. 17. An appeal for aid made to a higher power by the poet to give him inspiration in telling the story. A) Allusion. B) Invocation. C) Epithet. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Invocation. 18. Two consecutive lines of verse with end rhyme A) Repetition. B) Quartain. C) Feminine. D) Couplet. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Couplet. 19. Literal is exactly true, rather than figurative or metaphorical. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 20. Descriptive language that appeals to one of the five senses A) Onomatopoeia. B) Imagery. C) Hyperbole. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Imagery. ← 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