This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry Terms – Quiz 97 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 97 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following words has negative connotation? A) Flippant. B) Tranquil. C) Bolster. D) Heed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Flippant. 2. Form can be best defined as ..... A) Archaic poems we read daily. B) The physical structure of a poem. C) The lack of physical structure in a poem. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The physical structure of a poem. 3. What is the definition of a line in poetry? A) An expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly. B) A row of words. C) A group of lines in a poem. D) Repetition of a consonant sound in the middle or end of a word. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A row of words. 4. It bent in a slant against the weight. A) Assonance. B) Consonance. C) None. D) Rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Consonance. 5. I miss you more than lifeI miss you more than lifeis an example of ..... A) Alliteration. B) Assonance. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Repetition. 6. The attitude of a poem emits A) Theme. B) Tone. C) Allusion. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tone. 7. The repetition of similar or identical sounds A) Poetry. B) Rhyme. C) Haiku. D) Meter. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rhyme. 8. The act of talking while or as if alone, the character's inner thoughtsProvides a reader with information not given to other characters A) Soliloquy. B) Symbolism. C) Setting. D) Style. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Soliloquy. 9. Statement or figure os speech no intended literally; extreme exaggeration ex:I'm so tired I could sleep a year. A) Inversion. B) Lyric poetry. C) Hyperbole. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 10. The way a poem is laid out on a page is called ..... A) Stanza. B) Line Break. C) Paragraph. D) Form. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Form. 11. Comparison not using like or as A) Onomatopoeia. B) Blank verse. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metaphor. 12. What uses "like" or "as" to make a comparison between two unlike things? A) Hyperbole. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simile. 13. Giving human characteristics to non-human things. A) Connotation. B) Oxymoron. C) Personification. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 14. "Alice's aunt ate apples and acorns around August." This is an example of: A) Rhyme scheme. B) Scansion. C) Assonance. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alliteration. 15. Long narrative poems, originally passed down by word of mouth, that tell about heroes who embody the values of the culture recounting the tale A) Narrative. B) Epic. C) Sonnet. D) Mock epic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Epic. 16. A short, humorous poem made up of five lines. It usually has the rhyme scheme aabba created by two rhyming couplets followed by a fifth line that rhymes with the first couplet. Limericks are usually known for their sing-song rhythm. A) Ode. B) Limerick. C) Haiku. D) Free Verse. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Limerick. 17. When an author uses obvious exaggeration A) Irony. B) Oxymoron. C) Hyperbole. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 18. Something that means more than what it is. A) Irony. B) Apostrophe. C) Symbol. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Symbol. 19. The old grey backpack had only one strap, and that strap was frayed and falling apart. There were scrapes on the side from being dropped and kicked and shoved around. There was still a red stain on the side from a Gatorade spill. A) Personification. B) Imagery. C) Alliteration. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Imagery. 20. She is my sun and my moon A) Metaphor. B) Rhyme. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. ← 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