This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry Terms – Quiz 78 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 78 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. 'A kitten wailed in a basket dementedly'. 'Dementedly' is: A) An adjective. B) A verb. C) An adverb. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) An adverb. 2. Kirsten Has Worst Idea Ever Kirsten and her friends had been looking forward to performing together in the school talent show for months, but they couldn't agree on what to do in their act. Near the end of a long and disappointing planning session, Kirsten suggested that the girls learn a new song on the recorders that they had purchased for their music class. Not surprisingly, Kirsten's friends immediately called the suggestion out for being the worst idea ever. What type of figurative language is used? A) Hyperbole. B) Personification. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 3. The substitution of a related word or phrase for that to which the substitution refers; this device depends on collective understanding A) Allusion. B) Metaphor. C) Alliteration. D) Metonymy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metonymy. 4. Which choice has the most POSITIVE (+) connotation? I admire the man who jumped on the subway tracks to rescue a stranger. He was certainly ..... A) Foolhearty. B) Courageous. C) Rash. D) Reckless. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Courageous. 5. The feeling the reader gets when reading the author's words. A) Tone. B) Attitude. C) Mood. D) Grumpy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mood. 6. Rhyme is A) Words that are spelled the same. B) Having the same word at the end of lines. C) Having the same sound at the end of two or more words or phrases. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Having the same sound at the end of two or more words or phrases. 7. Which of the following is NOT a purpose of poetic devices? A) Enhance Meaning. B) Confuse Students. C) Create Rhythm. D) Intensify Meaning. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Confuse Students. 8. Poetry A) A type of literature, or artistic writing, that attempts to stir a reader's imagination or emotions. B) The flow or beat in a poem. C) When words end in the same sound. D) When words, phrases, or lines, repeat in a poem. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A type of literature, or artistic writing, that attempts to stir a reader's imagination or emotions. 9. The use of the same words or phrases over and over A) Speaker. B) Line. C) Repetition. D) Poetry. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Repetition. 10. What is the repetition of vowel sounds in a chunk of text? A) Consonance. B) Assonance. C) Alliteration. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Assonance. 11. What is a Cinquain? A) Comparison between two unlike things without using connective words. B) A classic form of poetry that has 5 lines. C) A song or song-like poem that tells a story. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A classic form of poetry that has 5 lines. 12. An emotion or something inhuman, such as a mountain or love or a tree, is given human qualities. A) Oxymoron. B) Synecdoche. C) Personification. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 13. I ate so much that I think I'm going to explode! This sentence is a clear example of A) Allusion. B) Idiom. C) Hyperbole. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 14. Identify the simile A) I like apples. B) Apples taste sweet. C) You're the apple of my eye. D) This apple is as sweet as candy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) This apple is as sweet as candy. 15. Also known as a "play on words" involving words with similar sounds but different meanings A) Similarly. B) Imagery. C) Pun. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pun. 16. It was the first football game for the Gators. The coach asked if everyone was ready. The players jumped and replied, "Yes!" In what tone did the Gators's reply? A) Calm. B) Serious. C) Happy. D) Enthusiastic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Enthusiastic. 17. Seven snakes slithered silently A) Alliteration. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Rhyme. D) Rhythm. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 18. Lines are arranged in groups called ..... A) Simile. B) Sound. C) Stanza. D) Lines. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stanza. 19. Highly musical verse A) Limerick. B) Haiku. C) Lyric poem. D) Rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lyric poem. 20. A sound device in which a word makes the sound is called ..... A) Metaphor. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Simile. D) Poetry. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Onomatopoeia. ← 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