This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry > Poetry Terms – Quiz 124 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 124 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The following line is an example of which metrical foot? " "Break, break, break, On thy cold grey stones, O Sea!" A) Dactyl. B) Anapest. C) Spondee. D) Trochee. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Spondee. 2. Word choice; affects a poem's meaning and the way it sounds A) Diction. B) Rhyme. C) End rhyme. D) Rhyme scheme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Diction. 3. Poem that praises people, ideas, or nature and is serious in tone A) Pastoral. B) Ballad. C) Ode. D) Elegy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ode. 4. Which of the following includes an example of onomatopoeia? A) The dog ran swiftly across the park. B) The mosquito buzzed around my ear. C) It took forever to finish my test. D) The clouds marched across the sky. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The mosquito buzzed around my ear. 5. Lines and words that are harsh sounding, discordant, and difficult to pronounce A) Alliteration. B) Assonance. C) Consonance. D) Euphony. E) Cacophony. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Cacophony. 6. The reversal of the normal order of words. A) Inversion. B) Irony. C) Reposition. D) Poetry. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Inversion. 7. The repetition of INITIAL consonant sounds in words that are close together. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Alliteration. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 8. Old-fashioned language A) Theme. B) Antiquated language. C) Main idea. D) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Antiquated language. 9. The repetition of vowel sounds A) Assonance. B) Metaphor. C) Couplet. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Assonance. 10. Poetry that relates a story or series of events A) Free Verse. B) Rhyme. C) Iambic Pentameter. D) Narrative poetry. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Narrative poetry. 11. ..... or open forms have a rhythm like everyday speech. A) Forms. B) Conventional. C) Irregular. D) Stanza. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Irregular. 12. A unit of a poem A) Stanza. B) Paragraph. C) Line-break. D) Refrain. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stanza. 13. What sound device is present in the following line?" Went envying her and me" A) Assonance. B) Repetition. C) Alliteration. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Assonance. 14. A figure of speech, in which an object or circumstance from unrelated context is referred to covertly or indirectly. It is left to the audience to make the direct connection. A) Meter. B) Theme. C) Allusion. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Allusion. 15. A ..... is a poem of only two lines in which both lines have an end rhyme and the same meter A) Quatrain. B) Triplet. C) Couplet. D) Cinquain. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Couplet. 16. A "paragraph" of poetry A) Ballad. B) Speaker. C) Stanza. D) Narrative poem. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stanza. 17. "I must be cruel only to be kind" A) Hyperbole. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Paradox. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Paradox. 18. Paragraphs of poetry A) Stanza. B) Idiom. C) Simile. D) Assonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stanza. 19. What is a line? A) A group of lines within a poem. B) Random words throughout a poem. C) A row of words in a poem. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A row of words in a poem. 20. ..... is using exaggeration for effect. A) Their. B) Hype. C) Hyperboi. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hyperbole. ← 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