This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry > Poetry Terms – Quiz 107 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 107 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A phrase, line, or group of lines that is repeated throughout a poem, usually after every stanza A) Meter. B) Refrain. C) Rhythm. D) Couplet. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Refrain. 2. Refrain A) A phrase or line recurring at intervals. (N.b. the definition does not require that a include the entire line, nor that it recur at regular intervals, though often are and do.). B) The patterns of stresses, unstressed syllables, and pauses in language. Regularly repeating rhythm is called meter. C) The study of versification, i.e. the form-meter, rhyme, rhythm, stanzaic form, sound patterns-into which poets put language to make it verse rather than something else. D) The identification and analysis of poetic rhythm and meter. To "scan" a line of poetry is to mark its stressed and unstressed syllables. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A phrase or line recurring at intervals. (N.b. the definition does not require that a include the entire line, nor that it recur at regular intervals, though often are and do.). 3. "He is as strong as an ox!" is an example of a A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 4. A comparisson using "like" or "as" A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Imagery. D) Symbolism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 5. A figure of speech that offers an exaggerated or extravagant statement (that is not meant to be taken literally) in order to highlight a pointis called A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hyperbole. 6. The moon is like a giant flashlight in the sky. A) Onomatopoeia. B) Alliteration. C) Personification. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simile. 7. Type of parallelism created when successive phrases start with same words A) Anaphora. B) Antithesis. C) Metonymy. D) Trope. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anaphora. 8. My sloppy sister snoozes is an example of ..... A) Cleverness. B) Alliteration. C) A rude comment. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 9. If a friend asks you for help but you don't know how to explain to them you ..... A) Write it on paper. B) Show the a picture. C) Give them analogy. D) Give them a quote. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Give them analogy. 10. Complex lyric poem that addresses a serious theme like truth, passage of time, or justice A) Free verse. B) Ballad. C) Ode. D) Limerick. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ode. 11. We have been asked to identify the similarities and differences ..... the two books. A) Support. B) Compare. C) Contrast. D) Perceive. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Compare. 12. A musical quality in language; the beat A) Rhythm. B) Hyperbole. C) Diction. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rhythm. 13. What is a comparison of two different things using the word like or as? A) Idiom. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 14. What device is used here:Good as gold Busy bee Living the life A) Personification. B) Hyperbole. C) Alliteration. D) Rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 15. An extravagant exaggeration that couldn't possibly be true; used to make a point. A) Metaphor. B) Hyperbole. C) Alliteration. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 16. A poem with 4 lines in each stanza that follow a rhyme scheme and usually tells a story is called a ..... A) Haiku. B) Limerick. C) Free verse. D) Ballad. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ballad. 17. Using words to create a picture in the reader's mind. A) Allusion. B) Imagery. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Imagery. 18. What does "irony" mean? A) The expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite. B) A coincidence that is very unlikey. C) A reference to something in history or literature. D) Language that appeals to the senses. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite. 19. The dictionary definition of a word is called the A) Denotation. B) Connotation. C) Diction. D) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Denotation. 20. Expresses the author's or poet's attitude towards his/ her subject. A) Tone. B) Mood. C) Rhythm. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tone. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGenres 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 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books