This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry Terms – Quiz 490 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 490 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The voice that is talking to us in a poem is referred to as what? A) Author. B) Speaker. C) Poet. D) Audience. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Speaker. 2. What is the correct term for the following definition? A brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing, or idea of historical, cultural, literary, or political significance A) Allusion. B) Diction. C) Form. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Allusion. 3. These compare two things that are alike in some way using the words "like" or "as." For example: "The moon was as bright as a white balloon." A) Metaphors. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 4. What is a contradiction A) Opposite ideas/words. B) Agreeing ideas/words. C) Word choice. D) Sentence structure/syntax. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Opposite ideas/words. 5. Repetition of internal consonant sounds A) Alliteration. B) Consonance. C) Assonance. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Consonance. 6. The use of a part of something to represent a whole idea A) Synecdoche. B) Oxymoron. C) Symbol. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Synecdoche. 7. These are rhyming words placed within a line of poetry A) Internal rhyme. B) Exact rhyme. C) End rhyme. D) Slant rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Internal rhyme. 8. Compares two apparently unlike things using the word like or as A) Simile. B) Analogy. C) Figurative language. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 9. Assonance, consonance, and alliteration are basically the same thing. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 10. Using "like" or "as" to compare unlike things. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Assonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 11. "Juliet is the sun!" is an example of A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Diction. D) Consonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 12. Her love is a rose to my heart. Metaphor? A) Yes. B) No. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 13. The attitude projected towards the subject and the audience A) Rhyme Scheme. B) Metaphor. C) Tone. D) Free verse. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tone. 14. A poem with five lines. A) Cinquain. B) Acrostic. C) Narrative poem. D) Novel. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cinquain. 15. Attributing human characteristics to nonhuman things or abstractions. A) Palindrome. B) Paradox. C) Personification. D) Poetic license. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 16. "I sat on the swing enjoying the sweet aroma of the flowers, " is an example of- A) Rhythm. B) Sensory imagery. C) Rhyme. D) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sensory imagery. 17. "I was glad; so very, very glad" is an example of: A) Repetition. B) Rhyme. C) Alliteration. D) Pattern. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Repetition. 18. The implied emotional attitude of a writer or speaker as conveyed by his or her diction: A) Repetition. B) Attitude. C) Alliteration. D) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tone. 19. The feelings that are attached to words, beyond literal meaning is called: A) Connotation. B) Tone. C) Stanza. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Connotation. 20. A feeling that can refer to the emotional state of mind of a person/character or the atmosphere of a story A) Metaphor. B) Alliteration. C) Tone. D) Mood. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mood. ← 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