This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry Terms – Quiz 98 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 98 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The use of the part for the whole A) Synecdoche. B) Metonymy. C) Personiciation. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Synecdoche. 2. In poetry what is ONOMATOPOEIA? A) The use of words whose sounds suggest their meaning. B) A poem in a different language. C) Poems about music. D) Poems that have 3 lines with a certain amount of syllables in each line. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The use of words whose sounds suggest their meaning. 3. Where does internal rhyme occur? A) At the end of lines. B) At the beginning of lines. C) In the middle of lines. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In the middle of lines. 4. A type of poem that deals with serious themes and is often dedicated to someone or something A) Ode. B) Stanza. C) Refrain. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ode. 5. When a non-living object is given qualities and abilities of people A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Simile. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 6. An extreme exaggeration used to emphasize a point A) Consonance. B) Hyperbole. C) Horse. D) Behind. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 7. What is poetic structure? A) Repetition of similar words in a poem. B) The organization of words and lines as well as the rhyme and meter of a poem. C) The pattern of unstressed and stressed syllables in a line of poetry. D) The attitude of a writer toward a subject or an audience. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The organization of words and lines as well as the rhyme and meter of a poem. 8. A stanza in a poem is similar to a ..... in a story. A) Sentence. B) Body. C) Paragraph. D) Conclusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Paragraph. 9. A reference to a different work A) Form. B) Symbol. C) Hyperbole. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Allusion. 10. Which term refers to the type of poem, such as a haiku, limerick, or sonnet? A) Form. B) Stanza. C) Verse. D) Enjambment. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Form. 11. What is a near rhyme? A) It involves sounds that are exactly the same. B) It involves sounds that are similar, but not exactly the same. C) It involves sounds that are similar in spelling only. D) It involves sounds that do not rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It involves sounds that are similar, but not exactly the same. 12. What term refers to the use of language that is deliberately ambiguous or unclear, often for comic effect? A) Ambiguity. B) Paradox. C) Irony. D) Puns. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Puns. 13. Her laughter was like a warm blanket or a familiar song A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Alliteration. E) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 14. Descriptive writing that appeals to one or more of the five senses A) Hyperbole. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Imagery. 15. Literary works focused on the expression of feelings and ideas through a distinctive style that is often rhythmical and may have elements such as meter, rhyme, and stanzas A) Poetry. B) Poetic form. C) Sonnet. D) Free verse. E) Fiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Poetry. 16. A word that is written and pronounced the same way as another, but which has a different meaning. An example:Lie (to say something untrue) Lie (to be in a horizontal position) A) Idiom. B) Homonym. C) Hyperbole. D) Meter. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Homonym. 17. Haiku is a kind of..... poem. A) Japanese. B) Chinese. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Japanese. 18. Something that represents something else A) Symbol. B) Diction. C) Connotation. D) Denotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Symbol. 19. A pattern of rhymes at the end of each line A) Rhyme Scheme. B) Consonance. C) Assonant. D) Enjambment. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rhyme Scheme. 20. A play on words (Example: "orange" you glad I didn't say banana?) A) Pun. B) Rhythm. C) Mood. D) Ode. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pun. ← 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