This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry Terms – Quiz 441 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 441 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A group of words on one line with a number in the front A) Numbered line. B) Stanza. C) Rhyme. D) Poet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Numbered line. 2. What is this an example of? Phillip found four amphibians. A) Symbolism. B) Hyperbole. C) Idiom. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alliteration. 3. The bruise on George's foot felt as big as an elephant. What are the words in blue an example of? A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 4. This use of words that describe a sound so that the readers can clearly "hear" them is called A) Rhyme. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Rhythm. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Onomatopoeia. 5. An expressive, imaginative piece of writing often arranged in lines having rhythm and rhyme. The patterns made by the sounds of the words have special importance. A) Phrases (frases). B) Poem (poem). Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Poem (poem). 6. Moving from the present to an event that has happened earlier A) Flash forward. B) Foreshadow. C) Flashback. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Flashback. 7. Group of lines in a poem separated by space A) Line. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Stanza. D) Lyric. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stanza. 8. What poem has no set rules? A) Free verse. B) Lyrics. C) Parody. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Free verse. 9. Describes words that have the same ending sound A) Stanza. B) Meter. C) Rhyme. D) Rhythm. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rhyme. 10. Language sung, chanted, spoken, or written according to some pattern of recurrence that emphasizes the relationships between words on the basis of sound and sense . A) Poetry. B) Prose. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Poetry. 11. My love is like a red, red rose A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 12. The use of sounds that are similar to the noise they represent A) Symbolism. B) Alliteration. C) Consonance. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Onomatopoeia. 13. The high point; the moment of greatest tension or intensity. The climax can occur at any point in a poem, and can register on different levels, e.g. narrative, rhetorical, or formal. A) Climax. B) Cutting. C) Chiasmus. D) Couplet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Climax. 14. A comparison of two unlike things using "like" or "as" is called a ..... A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 15. Denouement is what A) The start/exposition of a narrative. B) The development of a narrative. C) The twist within a narrative. D) The resolution of a narrative. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The resolution of a narrative. 16. What type of rhyme scheme does a limerick have? A) Abba. B) ABABA. C) THE FATHER. D) FATHER. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) THE FATHER. 17. A type of narrative poem that tells a story. It is meant to be sung or recited. It contains a setting, plot, conflict, and characters. A) Ballad. B) Epic. C) Free Verse. D) Dramatic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ballad. 18. Words used by writers to appeal to a reader's five senses is referred to as: A) Imagery. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imagery. 19. A word, phrase, line or group of lines repeated at times throughout a poem or song, especially at the end of a stanza A) Near or slant rhyme. B) End rhyme. C) Rhyme scheme. D) Refrain. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Refrain. 20. Words whose sounds suggest their emotions, Pow! Bang! Ouch! A) Onomatopoeia. B) Assonance. C) Consonance. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Onomatopoeia. ← 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