This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry > Poetry Terms – Quiz 130 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 130 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. "The thirsty grass drank in the rain"is an example of A) Metaphor. B) Imagery. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 2. A poem that does not follow a regular rhyme scheme or rhythm A) Free verse. B) Ballad. C) Limerick. D) Formal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Free verse. 3. What is the name for a sound device in which words, sounds, or phrases are repeated to emphasize a point? A) Imagery. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Metaphor. D) Stanza. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Onomatopoeia. 4. What word explains when objects or animals take on human traits? A) Onomatopoeia. B) Allusion. C) Imagery. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 5. Repetition occurs when ..... A) A word that sounds like what it means. Ex:buzz, click, bang, sizzle. B) When words have the same or similar sounds. C) Words, phrases, lines, or stanzas are repeated one or more times throughout the poem; used to draw attention to a main idea or point. D) The author's attitude toward a subject, created by the author's specific word choices and poetic structure. Ex:positive, negative, awestruck, encouraging, etc. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Words, phrases, lines, or stanzas are repeated one or more times throughout the poem; used to draw attention to a main idea or point. 6. The pattern of end rhyme in a poem; each line is assigned a letter and lines that rhyme are given the same letter. A) Poetry. B) Rhyme Scheme. C) Rhythm. D) Stanzas. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rhyme Scheme. 7. A message about life or human nature that a writer shares with the reader A) Theme. B) Figurative language. C) Rhyme. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Theme. 8. A group of lines arranged together A) Stanza. B) Form. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stanza. 9. Beats in a line of poetry(ba BUM ba BUM ba BUM) A) Metaphor. B) Consonance. C) Rhythm. D) Parallel Structure. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rhythm. 10. Using a word, phrase, or line multiple times A) Rhythm. B) Rhyme. C) Repetition. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Repetition. 11. Read the following line and determine which term(s) is used as symbolism:Malcolm says, "It would be smart to offer someone poor and innocent like me as a sacrificial lamb to satisfy an angry god like Macbeth." A) Sacrificial lamb. B) Smart. C) Innocent. D) Offer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sacrificial lamb. 12. The main topic of the work; what the poem is "about" A) Theme. B) Tone. C) Subject. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Subject. 13. A direct comparison of two unlike things (without using the words "like" or "as") A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 14. The title "Medusa" and the line "turned my hair to filthy snakes" contains an ..... A) Blank verse. B) Sonnet. C) Allusion. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Allusion. 15. This is the repetition of final consonant sounds (king sang a song) A) Consonance. B) Assonance. C) Alliteration. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Consonance. 16. What is the word for when characters, setting, images, or objects stand for bigger ideas? A) Metaphor. B) Alliteration. C) Theme. D) Symbol. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Symbol. 17. Two lines of verse the same length that usually rhyme A) Doublet. B) Couplet. C) Triplet. D) Quadruplet. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Couplet. 18. This type of poetry tells a story. A) Narrative. B) Free verse. C) Lyrical. D) Humorous. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Narrative. 19. Hero A) The main character or one of the main characters in a story; the character is trying to reach some goal or destination. B) A person who actively opposes the protagonist. C) Character, who in the face of danger, combats adversity through feats of ingenuity, courage, or strength. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Character, who in the face of danger, combats adversity through feats of ingenuity, courage, or strength. 20. All poems rhyme. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. ← 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