This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry Terms – Quiz 75 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 75 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A speaker in literature is ..... A) An output hardware device that connects to a computer to generate sound. B) The protagonist in a story. C) The speaker in poetry is the person (or animal or object) that is expressing their opinion in the poem. D) Fictional characters, which you create based upon your research to represent the different user types that might use your service, product, site, or brand in a similar way. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The speaker in poetry is the person (or animal or object) that is expressing their opinion in the poem. 2. What is a syllable? A) Similar consonant sounds at the start of words. B) Rhyming words. C) The number of beats within a word. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The number of beats within a word. 3. How the speaker of the poem feels about the subject is the A) Mood. B) Tone. C) Atmosphere. D) Lyric. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tone. 4. The author's use of description and words to create pictures in the reader's mind A) Imagery. B) Personification. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imagery. 5. A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two things without using connecting words, such as "like" or "as." A) Simile. B) Meter. C) Metaphor. D) Enjambment. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 6. A line or set of lines repeated several times over the course of a poem A) Refrain. B) Chorus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Refrain. 7. Which word is defined as "exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally" ? A) Hyperbole. B) Metaphor. C) Figurative meaning. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 8. The use of very descriptive, sensory language A) Irony. B) Idiom. C) Imagery. D) Symbol. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Imagery. 9. A haiku does not rhyme. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 10. Using letters to indicate which lines rhyme such as abab or aabb is referred to as A) Meter. B) Rhyme scheme. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rhyme scheme. 11. The speaker of a poem is its narrator. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 12. A foot of verse containing an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed one, is ..... A) Sonnet. B) Rhyme. C) Iamb. D) Trochee. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Iamb. 13. What is the definition of rhyme in poetry? A) Repetition of similar sounds at the end of lines or within lines. B) Repetition of similar words at the end of lines. C) Repetition of similar sounds at the beginning of lines. D) Repetition of similar themes within a poem. tagsCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.9-10.5. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Repetition of similar sounds at the end of lines or within lines. 14. Which is an example of a Pun? A) I got into a fight with a snail. It was a real slug-fest. B) Comparison not using like or as. C) The Pythagorean Thorum. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I got into a fight with a snail. It was a real slug-fest. 15. Define Simile A) Compare two unlike things using "like" or "as". B) The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses. C) Compare two unlike things without using "like" or "as". D) A literary device that repeats the same words or phrases a few times to make an idea clearer and more memorable. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Compare two unlike things using "like" or "as". 16. The central or unifying idea that is developed in a poem. A) Theme. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Stanza. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Theme. 17. What is the definition of a alliteration? A) A comparison of two unlike things without using "like" or "as". B) The negative attributes associated with a word or phrase. C) The use of symbols to signify ideas and qualities by giving them symbolic meanings. D) The repetition of a consonant sound at the beginning of the word. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The repetition of a consonant sound at the beginning of the word. 18. No regular beat or rhyme A) Rhyme. B) Rhythm. C) Free Verse. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Free Verse. 19. What are words that imitate sounds? A) Onomatopoeia. B) Personification. C) Synonym. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Onomatopoeia. 20. Consider in the film I Am Legend. Will Smith, the last man on earth, seeks comfort in attempting to speak to a mannequin. This is an example of ..... A) Alliteration. B) Apostrophe. C) Anagram. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Apostrophe. ← 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