This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry Terms – Quiz 443 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 443 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is a lyrical poem? A) A poem that tells a story. B) A poem that always has 14 lines and a specific rhyme scheme. C) A poem that tells a story and is similar to a folk tale or legend. D) A poem that expresses thoughts and feelings and is musical. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A poem that expresses thoughts and feelings and is musical. 2. We welcomed all the wise men from the West. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Alliteration. E) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alliteration. 3. "Jumbo shrimp" or "seriously funny" are examples of which poetic device? A) Idiom. B) Paradox. C) Pun. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Oxymoron. 4. The repetition of the same or similar sounds in a word, usually at the end of lines A) Alliteration. B) Repetition. C) Rhyme. D) Rhyme scheme. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rhyme. 5. The way the audience feels A) Connotation. B) Mood. C) Tone. D) Diction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mood. 6. Comparing two or more things not using like or as; a direct comparison A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 7. "Of my darling-my darling-my life and my bride, " These words represent ..... in the poem A) Rhyme. B) Sensory details. C) Symbol. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Repetition. 8. A poem that tells a story (beginning, middle, end) A) Lyrical Poetry. B) Free Verse Poetry. C) Narrative Poetry. D) Humorous Poetry. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Narrative Poetry. 9. What is the measure of the number of unstressed and stressed syllables, or beats, in a line of a poem? A) Meter. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Repetition. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Meter. 10. The person telling a story (communicating a message in a poem) A) Poet. B) Narrator. C) Point of view. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Narrator. 11. A set pattern of rhyme identified by assigning a different letter of the alphabet to each rhyme (ABAB CC) A) Terminal rhyme. B) Eye rhyme. C) Rhyme scheme. D) Exact rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rhyme scheme. 12. What is the definition of denotation? A) DICTIONARY definition of a word. B) SUGGESTED meaning of a word. C) Two lines of poetry that rhyme. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) DICTIONARY definition of a word. 13. 14-line poem A) Elegy. B) Lyric. C) Narrative. D) Sonnet. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sonnet. 14. What is first person point of view? A) The speaker or narrator tells the story from their own perspective. B) The speaker or narrator tells the story about other characters. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The speaker or narrator tells the story from their own perspective. 15. Which of the following sentences is an example of personification? A) The snails crept along the sidewalk, moving as slowly as a glacier. B) The dandelions stood tall, proudly surveying the rest of the yard. C) The stand of trees was a festival of color that fall. D) The slimy eel slithered through the seaweed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The dandelions stood tall, proudly surveying the rest of the yard. 16. A metrical foot of 2 syllables, both stressed A) Spondee. B) Trochee. C) Anapest. D) Dactyl. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Spondee. 17. Crying time; hop-scotch; great flakes; between treesare examples of ..... A) Consonance. B) Denotation. C) Connotation. D) Assonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Assonance. 18. Which is a good example of personification? A) My dog is a cuddly marsh-mellow muffin. B) My dog is telling me to stay home. C) My dog is the greatest joy in my life. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) My dog is telling me to stay home. 19. Sometimes called "shape poetry" is a type of poem whose visual appearance matches the subject of the poem. A) ABC. B) Quatrain. C) Concrete. D) Acrostic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Concrete. 20. The use of words to convey a meaning that is opposite of its literal meaning A) Igloo. B) Into. C) Irony. D) Ironing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Irony. ← 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