This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry Terms – Quiz 461 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 461 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Using the five senses to help the reader experience the way things taste, smell, and feel A) Free verse. B) Hyperbole. C) Metaphor. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Imagery. 2. A comparison developed over a series of lines rather than just within one line A) Consonance. B) Extended metaphor. C) Assonance. D) Apostrophe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Extended metaphor. 3. A single metrical line of poetry or poetry in general. A) Rhyme. B) Verse. C) Imagery. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Verse. 4. The attitude expressed toward a subject. A) Tone. B) Expression. C) Repeation. D) Traditional poem. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tone. 5. George Orwell's novel 1984 focuses on a totalitarian society in which the citizens are frequently reminded that their leader, Big Brother, is always watching. What is the meaning of the allusion in the sentence below? The headline read: "Smart Phones Becoming Big Brother." A) A nuisance that distracts people from important tasks. B) An important system that helps people stay safe. C) A threatening power that monitors all aspects of people's lives. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A threatening power that monitors all aspects of people's lives. 6. Two words placed together that have opposite meanings A) Oxymoron. B) Analogy. C) Alliteration. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oxymoron. 7. The beat in a poem caused by stressed and unstressed syllables in words. A) Refrain. B) Repetition. C) Variation. D) Rhythm. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rhythm. 8. "All's well that ends well." is an example of A) Assonance. B) Consonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Consonance. 9. The repetition of sounds in nearby words, usually involving the firstconsonant sounds of the words. A) Alliteration. B) Allusion. C) Rhyme. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 10. In the art of metal joineryA cracked pot fuses back together With precious molten liquid, Gleaming vein at the site of each breaking.This is what I became. A) Simile. B) Extended Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Extended Metaphor. 11. A song or poem that tells a story. They usually have a simple, steady rhythm and are passed on orally from one generation to the next. Some country and folk music songs that tell a story are ballads. A) Hyperbole. B) Assonance. C) Understatement. D) Ballad. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ballad. 12. Identify the figurative language used below?Sean was so angry his mom suggested that he go to the park and blow off some steam, so he went to shoot hoops with his boys. Instead of Sean being mean like a snapping turtle he was as sweet as pie. A) Hyperbole. B) Personification. C) Rhyme scheme. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simile. 13. Deck; designated space for the performance of productions A) Set. B) Theatre. C) Stage. D) Props. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stage. 14. ..... is when a non-human object is given human characteristics. A) Onomatopoeia. B) Imagery. C) Simile. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 15. Identify the type of figurative language in the line below.Michael is so tall that is seemed like his legs stretched on for an eternity. A) Hyperbole. B) Simile. C) Idiom. D) Rhyme scheme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 16. What is a Structured poem A) Poem with lines and/or stanzas that have no regular pattern or rhyme scheme. B) Poem with lines and/or stanzas that have a regular repeated pattern. C) Poem that tells a story contains characters, conflict, plot. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Poem with lines and/or stanzas that have a regular repeated pattern. 17. Celebrates a person, place, thing, or idea. A) Ode. B) Song. C) Elegy. D) Sonnet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ode. 18. Poetry composed of either rhymed or unrhymed lines with no set meter A) Free Verse. B) Tone. C) Verse. D) Metrical Verse. E) Blank Verse. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Free Verse. 19. Poetry that tells a story; it includes a beginning, middle, and end, and often has dialogue A) Free verse. B) Concrete poetry. C) Lyric poetry. D) Narrative poetry. E) Ballad. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Narrative poetry. 20. An exaggeration made for effect. A) Hyperbole. B) Personification. C) Simile. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. ← 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