This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry Terms – Quiz 67 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 67 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The use of a word or phrase that imitates or suggests the sounds of what it describes A) Haiku. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Rhyme. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Onomatopoeia. 2. Repetition at the beginning of sentences A) Antithesis. B) Chiasmus. C) Anaphora. D) Epistrophe. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Anaphora. 3. Which type of poem is without rhythm and does not follow regular rhyme scheme rules? A) Haiku. B) Ballad. C) Limerick. D) Free verse. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Free verse. 4. This is an example of:Mrs. Thull's teaching is terribly treturous. A) Imagery. B) Alliteration. C) Simile. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 5. A comparison of two seemingly unlike things using "like" or "as" A) Alliteration. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 6. Which is the correct defintion of Personification? A) Attributing human characteristics to nonhuman things or abstractions. B) Unrhymed iambic pentameter. C) The repetition of identical consonant sounds, most often the sounds beginning words, in close proximity. D) A direct comparison between two dissimilar things; uses "like" or "as" to state the terms of the comparison. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Attributing human characteristics to nonhuman things or abstractions. 7. The beat or pulse of a poem A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Rhythm. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rhythm. 8. Two lines of verse, usually in the same meter and joined by rhyme, that form a unit. A) Synthetic. B) Octet. C) Sestet. D) Couplet. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Couplet. 9. The patterns of rhymes at the ends of the lines. A) Symbol. B) Theme. C) Rhythm. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rhythm. 10. What are stanzas? A) Song lyrics. B) Tasty desserts. C) A group of lines in poetry. D) Single lines of poetry. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A group of lines in poetry. 11. Define Onomatopoeia A) The formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named. B) The attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form. C) The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. D) An expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named. 12. The most musical of literary forms A) Poetry. B) Lines. C) Meter. D) Couplet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Poetry. 13. The repetition of consonant sounds, most often at the beginning of the words A) Rhythm. B) Rhyme. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alliteration. 14. The writer or speaker's attitude toward the subject and the audience. A writer's tone can be serious, sarcastic, tongue-in-cheek, solemn, objective, etc. A) Mood. B) Shape. C) Tone. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tone. 15. A word, such as plop, buzz, or snap, whose sound suggests its meaning. A) Consonance. B) Assonance. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Onomatopoeia. 16. "The author spoke with great distrust towards the characters" is an example of: A) Rhyme. B) Tone. C) Intonation. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tone. 17. A poem which contains 14 lines, juxtaposes two ideas, and contains a volta. A) Sestina. B) Limerick. C) Villanelle. D) Sonnet. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sonnet. 18. Choice of words, phrases, sentence structures & figurative language in a poem; can range from colloquial-formal, literal-figurative, or concrete-abstract A) Diction. B) End-Stopped. C) Epiphany. D) Figurative Language. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Diction. 19. The feeling that the author's words make A) Tone. B) Mood. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mood. 20. My stomach did a backflip. A) Personification. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. ← 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