This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry Terms – Quiz 479 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 479 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The pattern of beats or stresses in language. A) Stress. B) Scansion. C) Rhythm. D) Cadence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rhythm. 2. Tells of dramatic or emotional stories/situations (popular pop songs) (a narrative set to music) A) Onomatopoeia. B) Ballad. C) Lineation. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ballad. 3. Repetition of similar consonant sounds at the end of accented syllables as in "wind" and "sand" A) Consonance. B) Assonance. C) Meter. D) Rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Consonance. 4. Words that express sensory details A) Imagery. B) Mood. C) Refrain. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imagery. 5. An imaginative comparison where one thing is said to be another thing (My brother's room is a pigsty.) A) Hyperbole. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 6. The repetition of the same ending sound in two or more words A) Rhyme. B) Rhythm. C) Consonance. D) Poetry. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rhyme. 7. The ..... of a word refers to other words, ideas, images that we associate with a specific word (i.e. "red" is associated with fire, blood, or anger). A) Denotation. B) Connotation. C) Allusion. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Connotation. 8. Anaphora can best be defined as ..... A) The repetition of vowel sounds. B) The repetition of consonant sounds. C) The repetition of a word or phrase. D) The repetition of rhyme/meter. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The repetition of a word or phrase. 9. Words sound alike because they share the same ending vowel and consonant sounds (Ex. Lamp/Stamp) A) Rhyme. B) End Rhyme. C) Internal Rhyme. D) Near Rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rhyme. 10. In a book or poem the author will tend to use imagery or ..... to better explain ideas. A) A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes. B) Language that appeals to the senses and creates an image in the reader's mind. C) A form of language use in which writers and speakers convey something other than the literal meaning of their words. D) Sources of information; such as a dictionary, encyclopedia, thesaurus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Language that appeals to the senses and creates an image in the reader's mind. 11. The repeating of beginning consonant sounds in a group of words. A) Rhythm. B) Consonance. C) Assonance. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alliteration. 12. A strong regular repeating pattern or movement A) Rhythm. B) Simile. C) Sonnet. D) Stanza. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rhythm. 13. What are rows of text in a poem called? A) Lines. B) Line breaks. C) Stanzas. D) Paragraphs. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lines. 14. A "run-on" line that carries over into the next to complete its meaning. A) Cutting. B) End-stopped line. C) Enjambed line. D) Chiasmus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Enjambed line. 15. Poem that has no formal structure, no rhythm, and no rhyme A) Lyrical Poetry. B) Free Verse Poetry. C) Narrative Poetry. D) Humorous Poetry. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Free Verse Poetry. 16. Which word means a short poem that expresses personal feelings? A) Alliteration. B) Lyric. C) Meter. D) Stanza. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lyric. 17. The emotional association of a word is called the A) Mood. B) Denotation. C) Vibe. D) Connotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Connotation. 18. A metrical foot of two syllables, first stressed and second unstressed A) Trochee. B) Anapest. C) Dactyl. D) Iambic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Trochee. 19. "The waves beside them danced; ..... "This line is an example of ..... A) Personification. B) Assonance. C) Idiom. D) Couplet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 20. A poem in which the poet either expresses their feelings or emotions A) Humorous poem. B) Lyric poem. C) Epic poem. D) Free verse poem. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lyric poem. ← 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