This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry Terms – Quiz 454 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 454 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Letters like B, C, D, F, G ..... found in the beginning or middle of words whose main vowels differ. The opposite of assonance; Example:shadow meadow; pressed, passed; sipped, supped. Owen uses this "impure rhyme" to convey the anguish of war and death. A) Assonance. B) Ballad. C) Blank verse. D) Consonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Consonance. 2. A long narrative poem about the adventures of a hero whose actions reflect the ideals and values of a nation or race. A) Myth. B) Epic poem. C) Epic simile. D) Invocation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Epic poem. 3. An exaggerated statement used to make a point A) Simile. B) Hyperbole. C) Metaphor. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 4. A word or phrase that means the same thing as another word A) Synonym. B) Metaphor. C) Alliteration. D) Stanza. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Synonym. 5. Repeated words or phrases for emphasis A) Rhyme scheme. B) Repetition. C) Stanza. D) Structure. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Repetition. 6. It's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice. A) Litotes. B) Chiasmus. C) Enjambment. D) Anaphora. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chiasmus. 7. What is the definition of the term:Hyperbole? A) A deliberate exaggeration or overstatement. B) Anything that stands for something else. In addition to having its own meaning and reality, a symbol also represents abstract ideas. C) A combination of words, or parts of words, that contradict each other (deafening silence). D) A type of figurative language in which a nonhuman subject is given human characteristics. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A deliberate exaggeration or overstatement. 8. On the surface, "The Road Not Taken" is about a walk in the woods. On a deeper level, what is the poem about? A) The poem is about how other people help us face major decisions. B) The poem is about loving nature and protecting natural habitats. C) The poem is about the conflicts people face when making important choices. D) The poem is about the importance of exercise and enjoying the outdoors. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The poem is about the conflicts people face when making important choices. 9. A verse form consisting of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme A) Sonnet. B) Couplet. C) Internal rhyme. D) Syntax. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sonnet. 10. Identify the Anaphora.Give me a sign that all is possible. Give me a sign that all hope for me is not lost. Oh, Spirit, kind Spirit, I beseech thee:give me a sign. A) Oh, Spirit, kind Spirit,. B) That all. C) Give me a sign. D) I beseech thee. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Give me a sign. 11. Two lines of verse, usually in the same meter and joined by a rhyme A) Couplet. B) Tercet. C) Quatrain. D) Sestet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Couplet. 12. Poetry that is free from rhyme, meter, and rhythm is called ..... A) Free Verse. B) Slant Rhyme. C) Rhyme Scheme. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Free Verse. 13. Why might a poet end a line in enjambment? A) To help slow down the rhythm and show that there needs to be a break/pause. B) To show that the lines rhyme with eachother. C) To show that the line has ended. D) To help increase the rhythm of the poem and keep it flowing to the next line. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To help increase the rhythm of the poem and keep it flowing to the next line. 14. An idiom is a phrase or expression whose meaning can't be understood from the ordinary meanings of the words in it. Which below is an idiom? A) Get off my back! (meaning stop bothering me). B) This is a piece of cake (meaning easy). C) It's raining cats and dogs (meaning raining hard). D) All choices are idioms. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All choices are idioms. 15. Acrostic poems are best described as A) Poems that use specific rhyming patterns. B) Poems where the lines are arranged so the first letter in each line spell out a word. C) Poems that are long and over-the-top with complexity. D) Poems that are metered. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Poems where the lines are arranged so the first letter in each line spell out a word. 16. A lyric poem expresses the personal thoughts and feeling of a speaker. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 17. One of two or more words or phrases that end in the same sound. A) Context. B) Tone/Connotation. C) Rhyme. D) Narrative. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rhyme. 18. This is the way in which the words or lines are arranged on a page A) Free verse. B) Line break. C) Form. D) Stanza. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Form. 19. The use of language that is visually descriptive and appeals to the senses. A) Simile. B) Alliteration. C) Imagery. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Imagery. 20. Poetry that is free from regular meter, rhyme, rhythm and fixed forms is ..... A) Free verse. B) Rhyme scheme. C) Alliteration. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Free verse. ← 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