This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry Terms – Quiz 68 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 68 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of these is the correct definition of enjambment? A) Take delight or pleasure in (an activity or occasion). B) Try hard to do or achieve something. C) When a phrase, a clause, or a sentence in a line of poetry doesn't finish at the line break but spills over into the next line. D) A person or thing that is mysterious, puzzling, or difficult to understand. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) When a phrase, a clause, or a sentence in a line of poetry doesn't finish at the line break but spills over into the next line. 2. Expression or attitude shown by the speaker or author in a poem; line length helps determine the rhythm and pace of the reading-short sentences tend to be read faster; long sentences tend to be read slower. A) Theme. B) Tone. C) Speaker. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tone. 3. How many lines does a cinquain have? A) 2. B) 3. C) 4. D) 5. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 5. 4. Read this line and say what perspective it is written in:The girl went to the shop. She went and bought a mop. A) First person. B) Second person. C) Third person. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Third person. 5. Which term refers to a group of lines in a poem? A) Verse. B) Refrain. C) Stanza. D) Form. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stanza. 6. A group of consecutive lines in a poem that function as a unit, usually separated by double spaces. A) Stanza. B) Sonnet. C) Pun. D) Meter. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stanza. 7. Rhyme occurring at the ends of verse lines; most common rhyme form. A) End rhyme. B) Internal rhyme. C) Assonance. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) End rhyme. 8. The PATTERN that establishes the overall pace of the poem A) End-stop. B) Poetic theme. C) Enjambment. D) Rhythm. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rhythm. 9. Funny poem with 5 lines, definite rhythm, and an AABBA rhyme scheme A) Limerick. B) Diamonte. C) Couplet. D) Cinquain. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Limerick. 10. A fire station that burns down. A) Personification. B) Hyperbole. C) Irony. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Irony. 11. If a line has five feet (10 syllables), it is ..... A) A pentagon. B) Pentameter. C) Quatrain. D) Quintet. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pentameter. 12. What is an extended metaphor? A) Words that appeal to our senses. B) A comparison of two unlike things without using like or as. C) A comparison of two unlike things that extends the entire poem or story. D) I don't know we didn't learn this. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A comparison of two unlike things that extends the entire poem or story. 13. "Leaving behind nights of terror and fearI riseInto a daybreak that's wondrously clear I rise"This poem uses ..... A) Repetition. B) Hyperbole. C) Idiom. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Repetition. 14. F is for the fun we had together R is for the relaxing time we shared together I is for the interesting moments we had E is for the entertaining time we spent N is for the never-ending friendship that we'll haveD is for the days we'll never forgetThis is called a(n) ..... poem. A) Acerbic. B) Aerobic. C) Acrostic. D) Narrative. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Acrostic. 15. ..... is created by stressed and unstressed syllables A) Beats. B) Rhythm. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rhythm. 16. A comparison between two unlike things that does not use the word "like" or "as" A) Metaphor. B) Hyperbole. C) Rhythm. D) Cesura. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 17. The pattern of strong and weak beats, as well as pauses is called ..... A) Rhyme. B) Rhythm. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rhythm. 18. The actual or dictionary meaning of a word A) Figurative language. B) Literal language. C) Rhyme scheme. D) Prose. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Literal language. 19. Details that create an image or evoke the senses for the reader A) Simile. B) Imagery. C) Metaphor. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Imagery. 20. What kind of poem is the following example from Crossover? "If my hair were a treeI'd climb it. I'd kneel down beneath and enshrine it.I'd treat it like gold and then mine it. Each day before school I unwind it. And right before gamesI entwine it ..... " A) Ode. B) Play-by-Play. C) Text. D) Description. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ode. ← 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