This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry Terms – Quiz 456 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 456 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The repeated use of words, phrases, lines, ideas, or stanzas in a poem for effect or emphasis. A) Rhythm. B) Rhyme. C) Rhyme Scheme. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Repetition. 2. Repeating identical or similar vowels in nearby words A) Consonance. B) Alliteration. C) Assonance. D) Figurative language. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Assonance. 3. A form of repetition in which only the beginning of phrases are repeated. A) Symbolism. B) Allusion. C) Anaphora. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Anaphora. 4. What is a regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem? A) Rhyme scheme. B) Rhyme. C) Rhythm. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rhyme scheme. 5. The name of a 5-line poem that begins with a noun and end with a synonym for the noun in the first line. A) Cinquain. B) Quatrain. C) Haiku. D) Tanka. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cinquain. 6. The repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of words A) Alliteration. B) Couplet. C) Free verse. D) Assonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 7. A poem that is structured as a story/narrative A) Ballad. B) Consonance. C) Meter. D) Free verse. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ballad. 8. A kind of metaphor that uses like or as to compare two things:A is like B A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Theme. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 9. Language that appeals to the senses. Helps the reader imagine look, sound, touch, smell, taste. A) Mood. B) Tone. C) Imagery. D) Perspective. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Imagery. 10. Compares two unlike things without using like or as A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Tone. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 11. Which poetry term can be found in the following example? Ike lies in ice cream. A) Alliteration. B) Assonance. C) Pun. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Assonance. 12. End Stop can be best defined as ..... A) Continuation of a sentence in a line of poetry. B) When a line of poetry has a period at the end of each line. C) A break at the end of a line, denoted by a comma, period, or other punctuation mark. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A break at the end of a line, denoted by a comma, period, or other punctuation mark. 13. Which term means a word that sounds like what it means? A) Alliteration. B) Assonance. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Rhyme scheme. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Onomatopoeia. 14. Enjambed line A) A line of poetry in which the meaning of the line requires the reader to continue on to the next line without pausing for punctuation. B) A line of poetry that contains a single word. C) A line of poetry that contains a single syllable. D) A line of poetry that contains a single letter. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A line of poetry in which the meaning of the line requires the reader to continue on to the next line without pausing for punctuation. 15. A genre of poetry that expresses personal and emotional feelings. A) Haiku. B) Narrative. C) Lyric. D) Free Verse. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lyric. 16. What might happen if you heard an idiom you weren't familiar with? A) You'd be able to deduce the idiom's meanings from the literal meanings of the words. B) You'd have trouble figuring out what that idiom meant. C) You'd have to assume the idiom's words had opposite meanings. D) You'd have to consult a dicitonary. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) You'd have trouble figuring out what that idiom meant. 17. A comparison of two unlike objects using "like" or "as" A) Metaphor. B) Hyperbole. C) Simile. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 18. A division of poetry named for the number of lines it contains A) Stanza. B) Simile. C) Shakespearean Sonnet. D) Pentameter. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stanza. 19. ..... is a poem that does not have regular meter or rhyme. A) Line. B) Rhyme. C) Refrain. D) Free verse. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Free verse. 20. The use of an object, person, place, or idea to represent something beyond its literal meaning, often used to convey deeper layers of meaning or themes in a poem A) Stanza. B) Imagery. C) Symbolism. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Symbolism. ← 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