This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry Terms – Quiz 464 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 464 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which vocabulary word is being defined? Poems are shaped to look like their subjects? A) Lyric. B) Narrative. C) Concrete. D) Limerick. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Concrete. 2. A group of related lines in a poem is called ..... A) Rhyming words. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Stanza. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Stanza. 3. A rhyme scheme is: A) A word, phrase, line or group of lines repeated regularly in a poem or song. B) The repeated use of a word, phrase, sound or pattern. C) The pattern of rhyming sounds at the ends of lines in a poem. D) The way to capture natural rhythms of ordinary speech. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The pattern of rhyming sounds at the ends of lines in a poem. 4. A..... verse poem does NOT use rhyme or patterns.Show Answers A) Rhyme scheme. B) Free. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Free. 5. The person that writes poetry A) The speaker. B) The narrator. C) The poet. D) The author. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The poet. 6. The literary element that describes the ways that the author uses words-the author's word choice, sentence structure, figurative language, and sentence arrangement all work together to establish mood, images, and meaning in the text. A) Style. B) Tone. C) Mood. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Style. 7. Much I marvelled this ungainly fowl to hear discourse so plainly, Though its answer little meaning-little relevancy bore;For we cannot help agreeing that no living human beingEver yet was blessed with seeing bird above his chamber door-Bird or beast upon the sculptured bust above his chamber door, With such name as "Nevermore." Which line contains internal rhyme? A) Bird or beast upon the sculptured bust above his chamber door,. B) Though its answer little meaning-little relevancy bore;. C) Much I marvelled this ungainly fowl to hear discourse so plainly,. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Much I marvelled this ungainly fowl to hear discourse so plainly,. 8. A pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry is called ..... A) Poetry. B) Rhythm. C) Rhyme. D) Rhyme scheme. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rhythm. 9. What two things are being compared in the following metaphor? The crab was a dancing pair of scissors, clicking across the sand. A) Crab and Sand. B) Crab and dancing scissors. C) Scissors and sand. D) Dancing and sand. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Crab and dancing scissors. 10. The main unit of a poem is a A) Line. B) Stanza. C) Personification. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Line. 11. A group of related lines that forms a division of a poem or a song (a paragraph). A) Line. B) Stanza. C) Alliteration. D) Rhyme scheme. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stanza. 12. A poem written in an established pattern A) Free Verse. B) Metered. C) Stanza. D) Line. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metered. 13. What is the difference between repetition and alliteration? A) Alliteration is repeated words; repetition is sounds. B) Repetition is repeated words, alliteration is sounds. C) Alliteration only applies to animals, while repetition is for animals and people. D) One is used in poetry and one is used in short stories. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Repetition is repeated words, alliteration is sounds. 14. What is a "pair of rhyming lines" ? A) Couplet. B) Repetition. C) Meter. D) Haiku. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Couplet. 15. A stylized literary reference A) Allusion. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Cesura. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Allusion. 16. What is a two-line poem that rhymes? A) Quatrain. B) Alliteration. C) Couplet. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Couplet. 17. What is the definition of hyperbole in poetry? A) A form of poetry that uses a specific meter. B) A type of rhyme used in poetry. C) Exaggeration for emphasis or dramatic effect. D) A figure of speech that compares two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'. tagsCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.9-10.5. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Exaggeration for emphasis or dramatic effect. 18. When a line does not stop at the end of a line A) Enjambment. B) Cutting. C) Cacophony. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Enjambment. 19. Talking the talk of growing things-/ Wind and water and weather A) Alliteration. B) Rhyme. C) Repetition. D) Consonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 20. Discuss the role of alliteration in creating rhythm and sound in poetry. A) Alliteration only affects the meaning of the words in poetry. B) Alliteration helps in creating rhythm and sound in poetry by repeating initial consonant sounds in neighboring words. C) Alliteration has no impact on the rhythm and sound of poetry. D) Alliteration creates visual imagery in poetry. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration helps in creating rhythm and sound in poetry by repeating initial consonant sounds in neighboring words. ← 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