This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry > Poetry Terms – Quiz 122 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 122 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Writing that has a beat has ..... A) Repetition. B) Rhyme. C) Structure. D) Rhythm. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rhythm. 2. Characteristic speech and thought patterns in a work of literature. A) Voice. B) Style. C) Personification. D) Mood. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Voice. 3. What is the style of a limerick? A) Happy. B) Humorous. C) Sad. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Humorous. 4. Which is an example of an idiom ..... A) The apple of my eye. B) Wild as a lion. C) BAM!. D) Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The apple of my eye. 5. Similes A) He stormed into the meeting like a tornado. B) He was a tornado in the meeting. C) He hummed highly at her. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He stormed into the meeting like a tornado. 6. Match the meaning to the word:Comparing two things using like or as A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Protagonist. D) Poetry. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 7. Sensory details that an author uses to put a picture in the reader's mind. A) Personification. B) Imagery. C) Hyperbole. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Imagery. 8. Is elision a figure of speech in which a writer or speaker says less than what he or she means; the opposite of exaggeration? A) Yes. B) No. C) Sometimes. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. 9. The arrangement of stressed and unstressed syllables A) Run-on line. B) Refrain. C) Rhythm. D) Rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rhythm. 10. Words that almost rhyme but do not make a complete rhyme A) Partial rhyme. B) Complete rhyme. C) Internal rhyme. D) End rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Partial rhyme. 11. The beat created by the sound of the words in the poem. A) Revolution. B) Repetition. C) Rhyme. D) Rhythm. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rhythm. 12. Which figurative language is this an example of:The old man was as blind as a bat. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 13. The repetition of vowel sounds in the middle of word A) Hyperbole. B) Alliteration. C) Assonance. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Assonance. 14. A lyric poem in the form of an address to a particular subject, often elevated in style or manner and written in varied or irregular meter; a poem meant to be sung. A) Meter. B) Ode. C) Simile. D) Rhythm. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ode. 15. A couplet has ..... lines A) 2. B) 4. C) 20. D) 1. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 2. 16. You should preview a poem looking at shape, line length, and stanzas before reading it. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 17. Repetition of the same sounds in words that appear near each other in a poem, often at the end of the line, used to create a musical effect A) Repetition. B) Rhyme. C) Rhythm. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rhyme. 18. She hesitated, listening for sounds of the creature. The forest seemed empty, but she could sense something else out there. Something watching and waiting. What is the mood of the passage? A) Romantic. B) Depressing. C) Joyful. D) Suspenseful. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Suspenseful. 19. Poetry that does not have rhyme or rhythm is called A) Free Verse. B) Stanza. C) Couplet. D) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Free Verse. 20. Which term means using colors, objects, or people to represent a deeper idea? A) Personification. B) Hyperbole. C) Allusion. D) Symbolism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Symbolism. ← 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