This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry Terms – Quiz 486 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 486 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Poem whose form suggests the content A) Ode. B) Conceit. C) Ballad. D) Concrete. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Concrete. 2. What is a common theme for Haikus? A) Lemons. B) People. C) War. D) Nature. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nature. 3. A humorous poem that is three long and two short lines that rhyme in the AABBA pattern. A) Limerick. B) Ballad. C) Free Verse. D) Couplet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Limerick. 4. A group of words established by usage as having a meaning not deducible from those of the individual words. A) Idiom. B) Connotation. C) Paradox. D) Foot. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Idiom. 5. Language in which the words mean exactly what they say is ..... A) Figurative. B) Literal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Literal. 6. Giving human qualities to an object or abstract idea A) Sonnet. B) Metaphor. C) Alliteration. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 7. What is a "definite beat created by stressed and unstressed syllables" ? A) Metphor. B) Humor. C) Rhythm. D) Rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rhythm. 8. Alliteration is a form of ..... ; in this case, what we are repeating are sounds. A) Repetition. B) Rhyme. C) Stanza. D) Couplet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Repetition. 9. Which describes a haiku? A) 14 lines and 10 syllables per line. B) 3 unrhymed lines with 5, 7, 5 syllables. C) 5 lines with the rhyme scheme AABA. D) A poem that expresses emotion in first person. E) Written to or about a particular subject; not usually a lot of rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 3 unrhymed lines with 5, 7, 5 syllables. 10. What type of figurative language is shown? Her smile was as bright as sunshine. A) Hyperbole. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 11. The following is an example of what:My chores were a mountain waiting to be climbed A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 12. A verse with irregular metrical pattern and length. Not a traditional poem. A) Limerick. B) Free Verse. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Free Verse. 13. As we walked, the colorful leaves crunched beneath our feet. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Imagery. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Imagery. 14. Nobody can beat level six. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Alliteration. E) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 15. A ..... states that one thing is actually something else without using the words like or as. A) Repetition. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Speaker. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 16. Measured in "feet" A) Rhythm. B) Rhyme. C) Connotation. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rhythm. 17. What is the meaning of rhyme in poetry? A) Words that sound the same (endings match). B) The feeling words give you. C) Descriptive words that help the reader picture what is happening. D) Refers to various parts of poetry, such as a single line of poetry, a stanza, or the entire poem. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Words that sound the same (endings match). 18. A figure of speech that compares two things using like or as A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 19. "The wind stood up and gave a shout" A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Imagery. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 20. What is sensory imagery? A) Description that involves one or more of the four senses sight, taste, smell and sound. B) Description that involves one or more of the five senses touch, sight, taste, smell and sound. C) Description that involves one or more of the three senses touch, sight, taste, and smell. D) An attitude of a writer toward a subject or an audience. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Description that involves one or more of the five senses touch, sight, taste, smell and sound. ← 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