This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry Terms – Quiz 463 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 463 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What poetic device is this an example of?"The dish ran away with the spoon" A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 2. What figurative language is used in this sentence?"The sun was calling my name with its glowing, warm rays of light" A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Refrain. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 3. Words whose sounds completely rhyme A) Partial rhyme. B) Complete rhyme. C) Internal rhyme. D) End rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Complete rhyme. 4. The repetition of vowel sounds within non-rhyming words. A) Alliteration. B) Assonance. C) Rhyming Couplet. D) Rhyme Scheme. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Assonance. 5. Uses I, me, my, mine, we, us, etc. A) First person. B) Point of View. C) Mood. D) Connotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) First person. 6. Which type of poetry follows fixed rules and has a regular pattern of rhythm or rhyme such as sonnets and haikus? A) Traditional. B) Organic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Traditional. 7. This sentence is an example of what: "I have a ton of homework." A) Simile. B) Hyperbole. C) Idiom. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 8. A 14 line poem written in Iambic Pentameter A) Sonnet. B) Free Verse. C) Haiku. D) Blank verse. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sonnet. 9. The message the poet wants the poem to have for the reader. A) Symbol. B) Theme. C) Repetition. D) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Theme. 10. Language not intended to be interpreted literally A) Literal Language. B) Symbolic Language. C) Ironic Language. D) Figurative Language. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Figurative Language. 11. What is the tone of the following sentence?The front door burst open as the toddler gleefully jumped into his awaiting father's arms. A) Serious. B) Suspicious. C) Matter-of-fact. D) Joyful. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Joyful. 12. A poem usually told in the first person that expresses the thoughts and feelings of the speaker is called- A) Narrative poem. B) Lyric poem. C) Rhyming poem. D) Free verse poem. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lyric poem. 13. A group of consecutive lines in a poem that form a single unit ..... comparable to a paragraph if it were prose ..... A) Sensory imagery. B) Lines. C) Stanzas. D) Vowels. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stanzas. 14. Dora drew her dog on the door. A) Alliteration. B) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 15. What term means the message the poet is trying to convey? A) Theme. B) Speaker. C) Tone. D) Rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Theme. 16. The correspondence of sound between words or the ending of words, often used in poetry A) Rhythm. B) Rhyme. C) Meter. D) Intonation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rhyme. 17. An extreme exaggeration used for effect A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Hyperbole. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 18. Which poetry term is being used in the following line:'The stars danced playfully in the moonlit sky.'? A) Metaphor. B) Alliteration. C) Hyperbole. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 19. How does Porphyria enter the cottage? A) She glides in. B) She rushes in. C) She slams the door. D) She's warm. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She glides in. 20. Hyperboles are phrases that A) Compare two unlike things. B) Exaggerate. C) Give person-like qualities to animals and things. D) Have a different meaning than the words. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Exaggerate. ← 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