This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry Terms – Quiz 493 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 493 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. "word" pictures" that writers use to recreate vivid experiences and evoke an emotional response in readers A) Mood. B) Tone. C) Internal rhyme. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Imagery. 2. A type of word that sounds like the thing it is describing. A) Alliteration. B) Simile. C) Hyperbole. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Onomatopoeia. 3. Repetition of vowel sounds within words A) Assonance. B) Consonance. C) Alliteration. D) Anaphora. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Assonance. 4. Which of Bryant's poems contains his thoughts on death? A) "Thanatopsis". B) "To a Waterfowl". Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "Thanatopsis". 5. What is the use of words that imitate sounds? (Crash, bang, hiss, slpat) A) Sensory Language. B) Hyperbole. C) Figurative Language. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Onomatopoeia. 6. "The use of words that sound like what they describe" is a definition of: A) Onomatopoeia. B) Metaphor. C) Alliteration. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Onomatopoeia. 7. A tercet consists of ..... A) 6 lines. B) 3 lines. C) 4 lines. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 3 lines. 8. "I hope Hanna's house has heat, " is an example of which poetic device? A) Imagery. B) Assonance. C) Personification. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alliteration. 9. "Hope is the thing with feathersThat perches in the soul"is an example of A) Personification. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 10. Repetition of initial consonant sounds to give emphasis to words, to imitate sounds, and to create musical effects A) Alliteration. B) Assonance. C) Portmanteau words. D) Cliche. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 11. Words that are harsh sounding to the ear A) Alliteration. B) Assonance. C) Cacophony. D) Euphony. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cacophony. 12. The repetition of the beginning of a phrase or clause for emphasis. A) Metonymy. B) Anaphora. C) Enjambment. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anaphora. 13. I hate to turn up out of the blue, uninvitedBut I couldn't stay away, I couldn't fight itThe TONE in this line seems to be: A) Happiness. B) Anger. C) Hopefullness. D) Anxiety. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hopefullness. 14. Which one of the five senses is used in this sentence? The wolf howled painfully over the loss of his mate. A) Sight. B) Sound. C) Touch. D) Taste. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sound. 15. Two or more lines of poetry that together form the sections of the poem A) Rhyme. B) Rhythm. C) Theme. D) Stanza. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Stanza. 16. What is the speaker in a poem? A) The mood implied by an author's word choice. B) Imaginary voice assumed by the poet. C) The dictionary definition of a word. D) A reference to a well-known person or event. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Imaginary voice assumed by the poet. 17. Stanzas A) A comparison of two unlike things using "like" or "as". B) Groupings of lines of poetry; poetry paragraphs. C) The poet's emotional attitude towards the subject. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Groupings of lines of poetry; poetry paragraphs. 18. The repetition of sounds at the BEGINNING of words. (Ex:She sells sea shells by the sea shore). A) Alliteration. B) Assonance. C) Consonance. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 19. Define ballad A) Poem that tells a story. B) Poem that shares feelings or thoughts. C) The beat of the poem. D) The rhyme scheme of the poem. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Poem that tells a story. 20. A three line Japanese form that describes something in nature. Follows 5-7-5 syllable form. A) Haiku. B) Ballad. C) Epic. D) Lyric. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Haiku. ← 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