This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry > Poetry Terms – Quiz 123 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 123 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is a rhyme? An example of words that rhyme:bed and red. A) The repetition of similar spelling at the end of a word. B) The repetition of similar sounds at the end of a word. C) The repetition of similar sounds at the start of a word. D) The repetition of different sounds at the end of a word. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The repetition of similar sounds at the end of a word. 2. How many different poems are possible in the Poetry Portfolio? A) 13. B) 15. C) 17. D) 19. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 17. 3. What is the rhyme scheme of this poem? Little Miss MuffetSat on her tuffet, Eating her curds and whey;Along came a spiderWho sat down beside herand frightened Miss Muffet away. A) BABIES. B) ABCABC. C) AABCCB. D) AABBCC. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) AABCCB. 4. Juxtaposition is ..... A) The figurative comparison between two unlike things. B) Placing two things side by side, usually to show contrast. C) A position on the football field. D) What readers do when they compare and contrast. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Placing two things side by side, usually to show contrast. 5. A four-line poetic stanza that often possesses some degree of rhyme A) Allusion. B) Synecdoche. C) Epistrophe. D) Quatrain. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Quatrain. 6. The repetition of vowel sounds at the beginning, middle, or end of at least two words in a line of poetry A) Assonance. B) Consonance. C) Alliteration. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Assonance. 7. Group of lines in a poem, separated by a space A) Inverted syntax. B) Stanza. C) Slant rhyme. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stanza. 8. A type of writing that uses the way words sound as well as their meaning to express feelings and ideas A) Poetry. B) Prose. C) Drama. D) Fiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Poetry. 9. A metaphor that extends over several lines or throughout the poem A) Long metaphor. B) Extended metaphor. C) Big ol' metaphor. D) Speaker. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Extended metaphor. 10. A set of lines grouped together in a poem A) Verse. B) Stanza. C) Line. D) Couplet. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stanza. 11. A figure of speech in which a thing-an idea or animal-is given human attributes. A) PERSONIFICATION. B) IMAGERY. C) SIMILE. D) TONE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) PERSONIFICATION. 12. A figure of speech which compares two unlike objects using "like" or "as" A) Irony. B) Symbolism. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 13. True or False:Poetry is the same thing as prose. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 14. The fact that duct tape should never be used to seal ducts is an example of ..... ? A) Idiom. B) Alliteration. C) Irony. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Irony. 15. Style of lyric poetry from Japan; Contains 17 syllables (5, 7, 5) in 3 lines. A) Acrostic. B) Haiku. C) Limerick. D) Shape. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Haiku. 16. What kind of rhyme is employed in this lines from a poem:With sparkling eyes, and cheeks by passion flushedStrikes with his wild lyre, while listening dames are hushed A) End rhyme. B) Internal rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) End rhyme. 17. The use of words to convey the opposite of their literal meaning. Also, a statement or situation where the meaning is contradicted by the appearance of presentation of the idea. A) Hyperbole. B) Alliteration. C) Paradox. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Irony. 18. The dictionary definition of a word is known as ..... A) Connotation. B) Imagery. C) Denotation. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Denotation. 19. Giving human characteristics or qualities to an object, idea, or even an animal A) Onomatopoeia. B) Sensory detail. C) Hyperbole. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 20. I rise above my lowest points, To overcome my broken joints. A) Rhyme. B) Personification. C) Simile. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rhyme. ← 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