This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry Terms – Quiz 6 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 6 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. "Life is one long scary rollercoaster" is an example of ..... A) Metaphor. B) Figurative language. C) Simile. D) Symbol. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 2. I died of embarrassment A) Hyperbole. B) Alliteration. C) Paradox. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 3. What is the following an example of? The boy was so bored by the lesson, he was pulling his hair out. A) Hyperbole. B) Similarly. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 4. Poetry without regular meter, rhyme, or line length A) Stanza. B) Free verse. C) Cross-reference. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Free verse. 5. Free verse has no rhyme scheme pattern or metrical pattern A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 6. The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of syllables A) Imagery. B) Alliteration. C) Internal rhyme. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 7. What is a lyric poem A) The line or phrase on which a poem 'turns' or shifts focus. B) A short, non-narrative poem presenting a speaker who expresses a state of mind or a feeling. C) Poetry without a regular pattern of meter or rhyme. It is not bound by earlier poetic conventions requiring poems to adhere to an explicit and identifiable meter and rhyme scheme in a form such as a sonnet or a ballad. D) When the sense of a sentence pauses or stops at the end of a line of poetry. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A short, non-narrative poem presenting a speaker who expresses a state of mind or a feeling. 8. A fourteen line poem written in iambic pentameter A) Sonnet. B) Ballad. C) Haiku. D) Rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sonnet. 9. The atmosphere or feelings the author creates for the reader. A) Mood. B) Tone. C) Internal rhyme. D) Rhyme scheme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mood. 10. Similarity or likeness of sound existing between two words A) Repetition. B) Refrain. C) Rhythm. D) Rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rhyme. 11. What is rhyme? A) Repetition of sounds at the end of words. B) The ordered pattern of rhymes. C) Exaggeration. D) A group of lines in a poem. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Repetition of sounds at the end of words. 12. He is my rock. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Irony. D) Pun. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 13. What is being personified:The wind sang a sad song. A) Wind. B) Song. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wind. 14. The way a poem looks is its ..... A) Stanza. B) Set-up. C) Form. D) Sentences. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Form. 15. Songlike poems that tell stories. They often deal with adventure or romance. A) Narrative. B) Haiku. C) Lyric. D) Ballad. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ballad. 16. The repetition of (beginning) consonant sounds. A) Alliteration. B) Assonance. C) Symbol. D) Stanza. E) Rhythm. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 17. What form of poetry is funny, silly, and may rhyme? A) Free Verse. B) Humorous. C) Narrative. D) Lyric. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Humorous. 18. Which term means the repetition of a vowel sound? A) Alliteration. B) Assonance. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Rhyme scheme. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Assonance. 19. Sonnet A) Attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas. B) A verse form of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme. C) A basic unit of length (approximately 1.094 yards). D) A stanza consisting of two successive lines of verse. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A verse form of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme. 20. The stressed and unstressed syllables. An example:1 2 3 4 5 Shall I I com PARE I thee TO I a SUM I mer's DAY? A) Meter. B) Alliteration. C) Repetition. D) Assonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Meter. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesPoetry Terms Quiz 1Poetry Terms Quiz 2Poetry Terms Quiz 3Poetry Terms Quiz 4Poetry Terms Quiz 5Poetry Terms Quiz 7Poetry Terms Quiz 8Poetry Terms Quiz 9Poetry Terms Quiz 10Poetry Terms Quiz 11 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books