This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry Terms – Quiz 468 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 468 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A stanza or poem of four lines. A) Limerick. B) Quatrain. C) Cinquain. D) Couplet. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Quatrain. 2. "Nor shall Death brag thou wanderest in his shade" is an example of ..... A) Personification. B) Alliteration. C) Theme. D) Haiku. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 3. A comparison between 2 unlike objects; does NOT use the words like, as, resembles, or than is an example of ..... A) Onomatopoeia. B) Hyperbole. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metaphor. 4. The first thing to do when identifying form of a poem is to figure out A) Examples of enjambment. B) Rhyme scheme. C) Meter. D) Number of lines/stanzas. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Number of lines/stanzas. 5. The attitude toward subject matter A) Style. B) Imagery. C) Tone. D) Mood. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tone. 6. Which tone is represented in the following passage? "Wow! With a top speed of one hundred fifty miles per hour, that car can almost fly!" A) Annoying. B) Excited. C) Calm. D) Scary. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Excited. 7. "Ah, distinctly I remember, it was in the bleak December" is an example of which literary term? A) Internal Rhyme. B) End Rhyme. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Internal Rhyme. 8. This is a couple of lines ..... usually similar lengths, with the same meter, and they often rhyme. A) Stanza. B) Meter. C) Haiku. D) Couplet. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Couplet. 9. Which of the following is an example of feminine rhyme? A) Creature, feature. B) School, skull. C) Dog, dug. D) Jeans, beans. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Creature, feature. 10. Gen'rals gathered in their masses, Just like witches at black masses Evil minds that plot destruction, Sorcerer of death's construction In the fields the bodies burning, As the war machine keeps turning Death and hatred to mankind, Poisoning their brainwashed minds What is the rhyme scheme? A) AABBCCDD. B) ABCDCD. C) ABCDABCD. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) AABBCCDD. 11. What do we call "groups of lines separated to form the rhythm of the poem" ? A) Stanzas. B) Building blocks. C) Forms. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stanzas. 12. A comparison of unlike things using like or as A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Eye rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 13. Words that make a sound! BAM! Zap! Zoom! A) Alliteration. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Imagery. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Onomatopoeia. 14. An extreme exaggeration to make a point. A) Hyperbole. B) Lie. C) Alliteration. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 15. A repeated stanza or line(s) in a poem or song A) Cliche. B) Lyric. C) Anaphora. D) Refrain. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Refrain. 16. Patterned "movement" of language created by the choice of words and their arrangement A) Poetic voice. B) Image. C) Rhyme. D) Rhythm. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rhythm. 17. Giving the attributes of a human being to an animal, object, or concept. A) Irony. B) Personification. C) Apostrophe. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 18. A recurring pattern of beats in a poem or song. A) Rhyme. B) Repetition. C) Rhythm. D) Meter. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rhythm. 19. This is a humorous rhymed verse form of poetry with five lines A) Quatrain. B) Limerick. C) Haiku. D) Sonnet. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Limerick. 20. What poetic sound device is used in this sentence? The old door creaked on its hinges. A) Onomatopoeia. B) Internal rhyme. C) Personification. D) Assonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Onomatopoeia. ← 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