This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry Terms – Quiz 460 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 460 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Consonant sounds repeated at the beginnings of words is known as ..... (ex:Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers) A) Alliteration. B) Assonance. C) Consonance. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 2. The literal or dictionary definition of a word. A) Imagery. B) Denotation. C) Connotation. D) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Denotation. 3. A fourteen-line poem, usually written in iambic pentameter. A) Sonnet. B) Limerick. C) Ballad. D) Epic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sonnet. 4. Decasyllable A) Line consisting of 10 syllables. B) Unrhymed iambic pentameter. C) Foot consisting of 2 unstressed syllables followed by a stress. D) Continuation of sense and rhythmic movement from one line to the next; also called a "run-on" line. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Line consisting of 10 syllables. 5. He is as quick as a fox. Life is like a box of chocolates A) Metaphor. B) Rhyme. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simile. 6. A 3-line Japanese poem A) Haiku. B) Ode. C) Sonnet. D) Free Verse. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Haiku. 7. Words that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions to which they refer. A) Rhyme. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Onomatopoeia. 8. Groups of lines (4 or more) A) Couplet. B) Stanza. C) Sonnet. D) Limerick. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stanza. 9. At its peak I stood; its base I pondered. To win or lose are both downhill. A) Metaphor. B) Irony. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Irony. 10. Writing that is not poetic (ordinary writing without meter) A) Verse. B) Prose. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Prose. 11. Two rhymed lines A) Epic. B) Foot. C) Couplet. D) Iamb. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Couplet. 12. The use of something closely related for the thing actually meant A) Synecdoche. B) Understatement. C) Hyperbole. D) Metonymy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metonymy. 13. In the Poem by Robert Frost, "Nothing Gold Can Stay, " poetry is used to compare A) Things we love to things in nature that don't last long. B) A leaf to a dead tree. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Things we love to things in nature that don't last long. 14. Words that have the same end sound A) Rhyme. B) Rhyme scheme. C) Imagery. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rhyme. 15. The use of ..... s to represent ideas or qualities A) Figurative language. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Symbol. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Symbol. 16. ..... uses words in an imaginative way. It typically involves the use of metaphors, similes, and idioms. A) Imagery. B) Language. C) Figurative Language. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Figurative Language. 17. Language used to describe one thing in terms of something else. Language that is not intended to be taken literally. A) Connotation. B) Denotation. C) Figurative language. D) Symbolism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Figurative language. 18. Something that stands for or represents something else, especially a concrete object taken to represent something abstract is called: A) Imagery. B) Metaphor. C) Symbolism. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Symbolism. 19. Using the same words or phrases more than once for emphasis A) Personification. B) Imagery. C) Repetition. D) Rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Repetition. 20. What is a stanza with 3 lines? A) Couplet. B) Tercet. C) Sestet. D) Seven. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tercet. ← 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