This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry Terms – Quiz 45 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 45 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. How many poems are required (for full credit) for the poetry portfolio A) 10. B) 12. C) 15. D) Quite a few. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 12. 2. It means exactly what it says A) Literal language. B) Synonym. C) Figurative Language. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Literal language. 3. A haiku has how many lines A) 2. B) 3. C) 5. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 3. 4. What figurative language is used in this sentence?"The boy was as fast as a rocket as he sped by on his bicycle" A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) End-stopped. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 5. Which poetic term is defined as "the repetition of vowel sounds in stressed syllables that end with different consonant sounds" ? A) Alliteration. B) Assonance. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Figurative Language. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Assonance. 6. Where you're madder than I amI'm with you in Rocklandwhere you must feel very strangeI'm with you in Rocklandwhere you imitate the shade of my motherI'm with you in Rockland A) Rooms. B) Simile. C) Refrain. D) Couplet. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Refrain. 7. My brother is as stubborn as a mule. Is this an example of A) Personification?. B) Simile?. C) Repetition?. D) Stanza?. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile?. 8. An expression of ideas or feeling in words, usually having a form, rhythm, and rhyme. A) Simile. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Poetry. D) Ballad. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Poetry. 9. Dan does not like donuts! This is an example of ..... A) Simile. B) Rhyme. C) Metaphor. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alliteration. 10. Groupings of lines (couplet, tercet, quatrain, etc) A) Stanza. B) Couplet. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Consonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stanza. 11. The oldest form of narrative verse that has a strong beat. A) Epic. B) Ballad. C) Dramatic Monologue. D) Allegory. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ballad. 12. A phrase like "Oh God, why is my life so gloomy?" is an example of which of these: A) Alliteration. B) Apostrophe. C) Cacophony. D) Analogy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Apostrophe. 13. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a ballad A) Is a story about a single tragic event. B) Is a narrative poem. C) Has rhythm. D) Is meant to be sung or accompanied by music. E) Is a story about heroic deeds and adventure. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Is a story about heroic deeds and adventure. 14. The tone conveys A) The speaker's attitude about the subject. B) The speaker's opinion of the food. C) The speaker's attitude of anger. D) The speaker's attitude toward humor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The speaker's attitude about the subject. 15. What is juxtaposition? A) The use of contrasting ideas within a poem or text. B) Repetition of similar ideas. C) Where no punctuation is used at the end of a line of poetry. D) A really long poem. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The use of contrasting ideas within a poem or text. 16. Examples of this include: "hissed, " "crackle, " and "splash." A) Personification. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Onomatopoeia. 17. A direct comparison of two things that are not really that does not use like or as A) Metaphor. B) Imagery. C) Personification. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 18. The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in spoken or written language. A) Rhythm. B) Rhyme scheme. C) Stanza. D) Refrain. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rhythm. 19. A humorous yet frequently bawdy verse of three long and two short lines rhyming aabba. A) Haiku. B) Limerick. C) Ballad. D) Narrative. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Limerick. 20. ..... is a poem that tells a story and has a plot, setting, and characters. A) Lyrical Poem. B) Narrative Poem. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Narrative Poem. ← 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