This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry > Poetry Terms – Quiz 112 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 112 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A line or verse (or group of lines) that is repeated at intervals throughout a poem A) Meter. B) Verse. C) Refrain. D) Chorus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Refrain. 2. Words that have similar ending sounds to create rhythm in poetry. A) Repetition. B) Rhyme. C) Metaphor. D) Rhyme Scheme. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rhyme. 3. A comparison implied by using an adverb such as like or as A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Symbolism. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 4. Writing arranged with a metrical rhythm, typically having a rhyme. A) Verse. B) Stanza. C) Internal rhyme. D) Lyric. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Verse. 5. Which of the following contains a metaphor? A) Life is like a roller coaster. B) Life is as a tapestry of color. C) Life is an ocean of raging waves. D) Life is like a mountain. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Life is an ocean of raging waves. 6. A brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance. A) Allusion. B) Alliteration. C) Enjambment. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Allusion. 7. What figurative language device is usedin this sentence? It is so hot you could fry an eggon the sidewalk. A) Personification. B) Hyperbole. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 8. A unified group of lines in poetry. This is often marked by spacing between sections of the poem; similar to a paragraph. A) Stanza. B) Verse. C) Meter. D) Rhythm. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stanza. 9. Giving human qualities to inanimate objects is A) Anthropomorphism. B) Personification. C) Anaphora. D) Cesura. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 10. Lines that are grouped together and look like a paragraph that may be separated by a skipped line A) Stanza. B) Tone. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stanza. 11. Where should I eat lunch today? A) McDonald's. B) Qdoba. C) Culver's. D) Luca Pizza. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Qdoba. 12. Repeated words or phrases that help to create the rhythm of a poem A) Free verse. B) Personification. C) Simile. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Repetition. 13. What is tone in literature? A) The form of the text. B) Reader's feelings. C) The structure of the text. D) Author's attitude. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Author's attitude. 14. What term refers to a type of rhyme in which the stressed vowel sounds are the same but the consonant sounds that follow them are different? A) Assonance. B) Consonance. C) Eye rhyme. D) Internal rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Consonance. 15. A group of lines within a poem A) Paragraphy. B) Stanza. C) Poetry. D) Format. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stanza. 16. This is a poet's emotional attitude toward his or her subject A) Voice. B) Tone. C) Purpose. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tone. 17. What is a conceit? A) Extended metaphor. B) Exaggeration. C) Saying less than the connotation is. D) Comparison between two things without using "like" or "as". Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Extended metaphor. 18. A figure of speech that brings together contradictory words into effect A) Oxymoran. B) Prose. C) Lyric. D) Refrain. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oxymoran. 19. A metaphor is a comparison between two ..... things. A) Similar. B) Dissimilar. C) Poetic. D) Rhyming. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dissimilar. 20. Which poetry term refers to the writer of the poem? A) Poet. B) Speaker. C) Stanza. D) Line. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Poet. ← 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