This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry Terms – Quiz 96 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 96 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which term means:a mournful poem A) Lament. B) Limerick. C) Panegyric. D) Madrigal. E) Hymn. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lament. 2. The physical structure of the poem:the length of the lines, their rhythms, their system of rhymes and repetition. A) Denotation. B) Imagery. C) Symbol. D) Form. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Form. 3. What is an example of connotation for the word summer? A) Fun, no school, sleeping in. B) Blue. C) The warmest season of the year, in the northern hemisphere from June to August. D) School. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fun, no school, sleeping in. 4. BOOM! CRASH! BANG! What type of figurative language is this? A) Metaphor. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Simile. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Onomatopoeia. 5. A stanza is best defined as ..... A) A group of words that create a free verse. B) A group of lines forming the basic recurring metrical unit in a poem; a verse. C) Group of words that create a sonnet. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A group of lines forming the basic recurring metrical unit in a poem; a verse. 6. A two line poem and the last word of each line rhymes; usually the lines have the same number of syllables. A) Limerick. B) Couplet. C) Haiku. D) Free Verse. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Couplet. 7. "The scrumptious desserts were calling out my name" is an example of ..... A) Simile. B) Foreshadowing. C) Personification. D) Symbolism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 8. What is the purpose of repetition in poetry? A) To give human qualities to something that is not human. B) The use of any element of language-a sound, word, phrase, clause or sentence-more than once. C) To compare two seemingly unlike things using 'like' or 'as'. D) To describe one thing as if it were something else. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The use of any element of language-a sound, word, phrase, clause or sentence-more than once. 9. When a word is used to imitate a sound / sound wordsex. pop, zap, snap, boom, buzz, peep A) Alliteration. B) Consonance. C) Assonance. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Onomatopoeia. 10. Aside A) Talking that takes place between two or more characters onstage. All or some of the characters can hear one another; Usually comments on the actions of the play or reveals judgments or hidden secrets. B) A longer speech given by one character where no others on stage can hear what is said. C) A longer speech given by one character and no others on stage can hear what is said. Reveals the inner thoughts or motives of one character. D) A shorter comment given by one character. No others on stage can hear what is said. Usually comments on the actions of the play or reveals judgments or hidden secrets. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A shorter comment given by one character. No others on stage can hear what is said. Usually comments on the actions of the play or reveals judgments or hidden secrets. 11. The use of words to represent things, actions, or ideas by sensory description.Night after NightHer purple trafficStrews the land with Opal Bales-Merchantmen-poise upon Horizons-Dip-and vanish like Orioles!(Emily Dickinson, "This Is the Land Where Sunset Washes" ) A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Alliteration. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Imagery. 12. The technique of repeating the same word or phrase multiple times within a poem A) Alliteration. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Rhyme. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Repetition. 13. Your crying is like rain. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 14. ..... is the repetition of sounds, usually how the vowel and consonants blend. Ex. Cat/Bat A) Rhythm. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Alliteration. D) Rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rhyme. 15. Pattern of a line of poetry equaling 10 syllables, alternating a stressed syllable and an unstressed syllable. A) Anaphora. B) Syntax. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Iambic pentameter. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Iambic pentameter. 16. The use of words that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions they refer to is called a(n) ..... A) Imagery. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Simile. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Onomatopoeia. 17. What is a exaggerating to show strong emotion? A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hyperbole. 18. Means the pattern of accented and unaccented syllables. A pattern of rhyme.Ex. I lent her mine. A) Internal rhyme. B) End rhyme. C) Rhythm. D) Rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rhythm. 19. Description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste) A) Rhythm. B) Repetition. C) Free verse. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Imagery. 20. The position or outlook from which the speaker tells a story or observes something A) Tone. B) Main idea. C) Point of view. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Point of view. ← 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