This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry > Poetry Terms – Quiz 125 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 125 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A poem or song-like poem that tells a story, uses imagery, and can be put easily to music. A) Figurative Language. B) Hyperbole. C) Ballad. D) Form. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ballad. 2. I wanna feel like I'mLike my soul's on fire, I wanna stay up all day and all nightYeah, you got me singin' likeis an example of ..... A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 3. What's the purpose of a quatrain? A) Deliver goods to other cities. B) Tell a story. C) Tell about nature. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tell a story. 4. What is the term for repetition of a vowel sound in the middle or end of a word repeated through several words that are close to each other? A) Assonance. B) Alliteration. C) Rhyme. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Assonance. 5. A ..... verse poem exhibits the following characteristics:-it does NOT have any repeating patterns of stressed/unstressed syllables-it does NOT have rhyme-it is very conversational-sounds like someone talking with you A) Lyrical. B) Free. C) Narrative. D) Blank. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Free. 6. A phrase that compares two things and uses "like" or "as" is a ..... A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 7. A poet's pattern of lines that rhyme with other lines in a poem. Identified with letters. A) Alphabet. B) Rhyme time. C) Rhyme symbol. D) Rhyme scheme. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rhyme scheme. 8. Is like a book includes all terms of drama A) Script. B) Comedy. C) Tragedy. D) Poet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Script. 9. Who is the speaker of a poem? A) The reader. B) The author. C) The narrator. D) The tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The narrator. 10. Find the Idiom A) It was so cold, I saw polar bears wearing hats and jackets. B) "All the world's a stage, And all the men and women are merely players;" (From "As You Like It" by William Shakespeare). C) "The light was creeping on the ground; she crept and did not make a sound" (James Stephens). D) "Talked my head offWorked my tail offCried my eyes out"(Shel Silverstein). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) "Talked my head offWorked my tail offCried my eyes out"(Shel Silverstein). 11. The color red is a ..... for love. A) Symbol. B) Helicopter. C) Color. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Symbol. 12. An "open" form of poetry that does not have a consistent meter or rhyme scheme. A) Figurative language. B) Extended metaphor. C) Free verse. D) Haiku. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Free verse. 13. The comparison of two things in which one is said to be another Example:The student was an angel. A) Onomatopoeia. B) Stanza. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metaphor. 14. What does a lion symbolize? A) Wisdom. B) Peace. C) Courage. D) Sneakiness. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Courage. 15. What is end-stop? A) When a line in a poem ends in punctuation. B) When a line in a poem ends with no punctuation. C) When an author makes the lines ryhme. D) When a poem does not ryhme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) When a line in a poem ends in punctuation. 16. A comparison between two unlike things that continues through several lines, verses, stanzas, or an entire work A) Stanza. B) Rhyme scheme. C) Theme. D) Imagery. E) Extended metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Extended metaphor. 17. Rhyming words at the end of lines of poetry. A) End rhyme. B) Couplet. C) Sight rhyme. D) Stanza. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) End rhyme. 18. A short poem in which a single speaker expresses personal thoughts and feelings A) Dramatic Poetry. B) Narrative Poetry. C) Lyric Poetry. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lyric Poetry. 19. The atmosphere of a text; the emotion an author is trying to make their audience feel, such as worry, fear, excitement, suspense, or joy is a term known as ..... A) Personification. B) Diction. C) Hyperbole. D) Mood. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mood. 20. The repetition of consonance sounds in the middle of words. A) Alliteration. B) Assonance. C) Repetition. D) Consonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Consonance. ← 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