This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry Terms – Quiz 59 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 59 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the term for the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words? A) Rhyme. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alliteration. 2. Dizzy David drew a dinosaur. A) Alliteration. B) Rhyme. C) Consonance. D) Assonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 3. You see your best friend's girlfriend kissing someone else at snack. You walk to your next class and you see your best friend who says, "Hey man, I'm so excited to see my girl later on. I'm gonna ask her to Prom! Have you seen her today?" A) Situational Irony. B) Verbal Irony. C) Dramatic Irony. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dramatic Irony. 4. What is the definition of rhyme? A) The repetition of similar sounds at the end of two or more words. B) The repetition of similar meanings at the end of two or more words. C) The repetition of similar sounds in the middle of two or more words. D) The repetition of similar sounds at the beginning of two or more words. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The repetition of similar sounds at the end of two or more words. 5. The central message of a literary work ..... the universal meaning A) Theme. B) Connotation. C) Tone. D) Details. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Theme. 6. What are the red letters an example of?The people along the sand (A)All turn and look one way. (B)They turn their back on the land. (A)They look at the sea all day. (B)As long as it takes to pass (C)A ship keeps raising its hull; (C)The wetter ground like glass (D)Reflects a standing gull. (D) A) Rhythm. B) Rhyme. C) Rhyme scheme. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rhyme scheme. 7. A seeming contradiction. A) Paradox. B) Hyperbole. C) Similarly. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Paradox. 8. A comparison using like or as A) Simile. B) Mood. C) Rhyme. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 9. Words that imitate sounds A) Onomatopoeia. B) Rhythm. C) Symbol. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Onomatopoeia. 10. When a poet is talking directly to a thing or person that isn't actually present. A) Haiku. B) Apostrophe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Apostrophe. 11. The stars on the U.S. flag are an example of ..... A) Symbolism. B) Repetition. C) Alliteration. D) Satire. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Symbolism. 12. Acrostic A) Poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter. B) A poem that tells a story. C) Verse in which certain letters such as the first in each line form a word or message. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Verse in which certain letters such as the first in each line form a word or message. 13. A set or group of three lines of verse rhyming together A) Couplet. B) Tercet. C) Quatrain. D) Cinquain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tercet. 14. Creates vivid word pictures; five senses A) Figurative Language. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Imagery. 15. What is the definition of apostrophe? A) When a poem's speaker addresses someone absent, someone dead, or something nonhuman as if it were present and could respond. B) A comparison between two things that does not use any helping words. C) The repetition of vowel sounds. D) A brief and direct reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) When a poem's speaker addresses someone absent, someone dead, or something nonhuman as if it were present and could respond. 16. Define repetition A) The pattern of rhymes at the end of lines in a poem. B) Poems that follow the line pattern of 5-7-5 syllables per line. C) Poems that do not follow set rules. D) The use of a word or phrase more than once. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The use of a word or phrase more than once. 17. A comparison stating that one thing IS another A) Onomatopoeia. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 18. An example of the term "imagery" is ..... A) Laughing llamas are lounging. B) The smell of freshly baked bread made my mouth water as I neared the bakery. C) Oh her eyes, her eyes were shining. D) I was smiling with joy when I read that book. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The smell of freshly baked bread made my mouth water as I neared the bakery. 19. The author's specific word choice. A) They say. B) Tone. C) Enjambment. D) Rhythm. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They say. 20. The man had Overstated or ..... his experience at playing the game. A) Judged. B) Exaggerated. C) Formated. D) Suggested. 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