This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry Terms – Quiz 469 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 469 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Contains a pair of contradictory words A) Oxymoron. B) Foot/feet. C) Connotation. D) Sound devices. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oxymoron. 2. The direct comparison made between 2 unlike things using a word such as "like, " "as, " "than, " "such as, " or "resembles." A) Anaphora. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Symbolism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 3. When discussing what the poem says, you refer to the A) Narrator. B) Speaker. C) Main character. D) Poet. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Speaker. 4. A synonym for rhythm A) Meter. B) Stanza. C) Tone. D) Rhyme scheme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Meter. 5. The word "understand' is an example of a what type of meter? A) Iamb. B) Anapest. C) Trochee. D) Dactyl. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anapest. 6. Walk in her shoes means ..... A) I have the same shoes. B) Feel what she feels. C) Go for a walk. D) Her shoes are good for walking. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Feel what she feels. 7. The comparison of two things using like or as A) Literal. B) Figurative. C) Simile. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 8. ..... is the pattern of rhyming words in a poem. A) Rhyme Scheme. B) Rhythm. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rhyme Scheme. 9. What type of poetry is this the definition for?A songlike narrative poem, usually featuring rhyme, rhythm, and a refrain. A) Haiku. B) Limerick. C) Ballad. D) Free Verse. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ballad. 10. "You were Romeo, I was a scarlet letter" is an example of ..... A) Simile. B) Paradox. C) Metaphor. D) Assonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 11. What literary device is this an example of?The fair breeze blow, the white foam flew, The furrow followed free; A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Alliteration. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 12. Fanciful poetic image or metaphor that likens one thing to something else that is seemingly very different A) Conceit. B) Envoy. C) Metonymy. D) Trope. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Conceit. 13. Why does an author use symbolism in their literary piece? A) To convey deeper meanings about a topic or subject. B) To show the importance of symbols. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To convey deeper meanings about a topic or subject. 14. Repeating of vowel sounds in consecutive words or phrases A) Assonance. B) Consonance. C) Alliteration. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Assonance. 15. In the movie, The DaVinci Code, behind The Mona Lisa, they find the phrase "so dark the con of man" . By re-arranging the letters, they came up with "Madonna of the Rocks", another of Da Vinci's paintings. This is an example of an ..... A) Alliteration. B) Allegory. C) Anthropomorphism. D) Anagram. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Anagram. 16. Literature in which words are chosen and arranged in specific ways to create an effect A) Literature. B) Poetry. C) Dr. Seuss. D) Form. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Poetry. 17. Brief, intentional reference to a historical, mythic, or literary person, place, event, movement A) Enjambment. B) Elegy. C) Assonance. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Allusion. 18. Repitition of similar sounds is A) Rhythm. B) Rhyme. C) Lines. D) Stanzas. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rhyme. 19. The snow is a white blanket. He is a shining star. Her long hair was a flowing golden river are examples of ..... A) Personification. B) Simile. C) Rhyme. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metaphor. 20. THE MEssage about life that the poem or story tells Ex:friendship, bravery, courage A) Alliteration. B) Tone. C) Theme. D) Stanza. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Theme. ← 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