This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry Terms – Quiz 95 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 95 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The level of emphasis placed on a syllable A) Trochee. B) Iamb. C) Cadence. D) Stress. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Stress. 2. A unified group of lines in poetry, usually marked by spacing between sections of the poem, is A) Engagement. B) Free verse. C) Stanza. D) Verse. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stanza. 3. A group of lines, usually similar in length and pattern, that form a unit within a poem A) Stanza. B) Sonnet. C) Quartain. D) Couplet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stanza. 4. In order for someone to believe you you must support or ..... your claim. A) Recommend, hint at, imply. B) Arrange text into a correct style. C) Back up with details. D) Sources of information; such as a dictionary, encyclopedia, thesaurus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Back up with details. 5. Which type of poem has fourteen lines? A) Sonnet. B) Haiku. C) Free Verse. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sonnet. 6. What is an example of onomatopoeia? A) The door went BAM! when it was shut. B) She looked at the card and laughed and smiled. C) Try to light the fire. D) The good cook cooked cookies like a good cook should. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The door went BAM! when it was shut. 7. Who's point of view the poem is told. A) Speaker. B) Couplet. C) Stanza. D) Meter. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Speaker. 8. Language that appeals to the five senses. A) Stanza. B) Alliteration. C) Internal rhyme. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Imagery. 9. "The familiar tang of his grandmother's cranberry sauce reminded him of his youth." Which of the following terms best defines this statement? A) Personification. B) Imagery. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Imagery. 10. Descriptive words that appeal to the five senses Ex. "A few miles south of Soledad, the Salinas river drops in close to the hillside bank and runs deep and green." A) Adjectives. B) Hyperbole. C) Imagery. D) Verbs. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Imagery. 11. In the book Animal Farm, each character represents a real person from history and the story matches the real historical events A) Allegory. B) Allusion. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Allegory. 12. The repetition of vowel sounds in a chunk of text is A) Assonance. B) Consonance. C) Alliteration. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Assonance. 13. ..... is poetry that does not follow any particular rhyme scheme or pattern. A) Free verse. B) Formal verse. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Free verse. 14. The attitude a writer takes toward a subject. A) Tone. B) Mood. C) Symbol. D) Lyric. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tone. 15. Language that communicates ideas beyond the ordinary, literal meaning of words. A) Connotation. B) Simile. C) Figurative language. D) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Figurative language. 16. A set pattern of beats in lines of poetry to create rhythm. A) Meter. B) Rhythm. C) Rhyme. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Meter. 17. How many lines do Haiku poems have? A) 1. B) 2. C) 3. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 3. 18. Figures of speech that compares two unlike things, using the words like or as A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 19. Form that has a rhythm like every day speech, with no regular patterns of rhyme A) Repetition. B) Free verse. C) Personification. D) Form. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Free verse. 20. Extreme exaggeration used to make a point A) Alliteration. B) Hyperbole. C) Foreshadowing. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. ← 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