This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry > Poetry Terms – Quiz 117 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 117 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A special kind of metaphor that gives human attributes to a nonhuman object, such as an animal, object, or concept A) Personification. B) Simile. C) Conceit. D) Apostrophe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 2. What is a "stanza containing four lines" ? A) Quatrain. B) Couplet. C) Rhyme. D) LImerick. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Quatrain. 3. A single line of poetry is A) Free verse. B) Verse. C) Rhythm. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Verse. 4. ..... is a comparison of two things without using like or as.Example:The sun is a big yellow balloon. A) Hyperbole. B) Metaphor. C) Idiom. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 5. Source of inspiration, a guiding genius; many classical poems begin with an invocation of the ( ..... ), where the poet calls on his ( ..... ) for inspiration A) Mood. B) Motif. C) Muse. D) Pathos. E) Persona (voice). Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Muse. 6. What do we call a comparison of two unlike things without using the words "like" or "as" ? A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Imagery. E) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 7. What type of figurative language is the following example?The tree laughed loudly at Miss Martin's horrible joke. A) Personification. B) Alliteration. C) Symbol. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 8. "5000 tongues applauded" is an example of: A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Oxymoron. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 9. A piece of writing where the writer uses imaginary rhythm and style to express feelings or ideas is called: A) An oxymoron. B) Alliteration. C) Poetry. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Poetry. 10. When a word, line, or stanza is repeared throughout a poem ..... A) Stanza. B) Sonnet. C) Repetition. D) Rhyme scheme. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Repetition. 11. A figure of speech that uses like or as to make a direct comparison between two unlike ideas. A) Hyperbole. B) Assonance. C) Consonance. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simile. 12. An example of this is: "Sara's seven sisters slept soundly." A) Assonance. B) Simile. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alliteration. 13. She was as tall as a giraffe A) Idiom. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 14. Words or phrases that describe one thing in terms of another and are not meant literally. A) Figurative Language. B) Personification. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Figurative Language. 15. What type of figurative language is the following example?A tree represents life and growth. A) Alliteration. B) Metaphor. C) Symbol. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Symbol. 16. A poem may be interpreted in multiple ways. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 17. The order of words in a sentence or phrase that a poet uses is called: A) Rhythm. B) Rhyme. C) Syntax. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Syntax. 18. A Cliche is? A) An expression. B) An idea that explores truth. C) An idea that has been over-used. D) An emotion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) An idea that has been over-used. 19. Pattern of rhyming lines; named with letters of the alphabet (ex. ABAB) A) Meter. B) Internal rhyme. C) Rhyme scheme. D) Slant rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rhyme scheme. 20. What is this? What is this? What is this? A) Lyric poetry. B) Repetition. C) Mood. D) Rhythm. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Repetition. ← 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