This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry > Poetry Terms – Quiz 137 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 137 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Distinct from author of the poem, the "character" speaking the lines. A) Speaker. B) Author. C) Protagonist. D) Protractor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Speaker. 2. A second, suggested meaning of a word, consisting of the suggestions, associations, and emotional overtones attached A) Denotation. B) Connotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Connotation. 3. Speaker A) A person talking in a class. B) The person who wrote the poem. C) The voice that relates the story or ideas of a poem like a narrator. D) Something you talk into. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The voice that relates the story or ideas of a poem like a narrator. 4. Exaggeration used for emphasis A) Hyperbole. B) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 5. The person or thing that is the point of view of the poem A) Speaker. B) Poet. C) Reader. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Speaker. 6. Figurative Language is ..... A) The poet's words create images or pictures in the reader's mind. B) Literal definition of a word. C) Language that helps make connections. D) A poet's attitude towards a subject. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Language that helps make connections. 7. Choice of words in speaking or writing for clear and effective expression. A) Similarly. B) Diction. C) Metaphor. D) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Diction. 8. What is a connotation A) Very chatty, informal language. B) Another word for a verse. C) The feelings or associations that come with a word. D) A type of rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The feelings or associations that come with a word. 9. The repetition of the same letter sound.Ex (Silly Sally said stop) A) Alliteration. B) Repetition. C) Assonance. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 10. Reference to something in history or previous literature. A) Apostrophe. B) Alliteration. C) Allusion. D) Alligator. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Allusion. 11. Repeated line or group of lines A) Refrain. B) End rhyme. C) Hyperbole. D) Connotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Refrain. 12. Read the following poem and decide which two poetic devices the author uses. "It sushes, It hushes, The loudness in the road. It flitter-twitters, And laughs away from me. It laughs a lovely whiteness, And whitely whirs away To be some otherwhere. Still white as milk or shirts, So beautiful it hurts." A) Onomatopoeia, transport. B) Metaphor, hyperbole. C) Onomatopoeia, simile. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Onomatopoeia, simile. 13. The place in the poem where the line ends. A) Sensory Language. B) Simile. C) Imagery. D) Line Break. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Line Break. 14. Mood is ..... A) The feeling a text gives to readers. B) The attitude of the writer. C) The point of view. D) The genre of a text. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The feeling a text gives to readers. 15. When you substitute language that is less direct and vague for another that is considered harsh, blunt, or offensive. An example:passed away/died A) Euphemism. B) Idiom. C) Metaphor. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Euphemism. 16. The use of words which imitate sound A) Metaphor. B) Interjection. C) Meter. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Onomatopoeia. 17. The use of the same word, idea, or phrase for rhythm or emphasis A) Internal rhyme. B) Alliteration. C) Repetition. D) Poem. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Repetition. 18. "Jack Sprat could eat no fat." A) Repetition. B) Internal rhyme. C) External rhyme. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Internal rhyme. 19. "Once upon a midnight weary, while I pondered, weak and weary." Which of the following is included in this line? A) Alliteration. B) Personification. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 20. Verse and rhythmic writing that creates an emotional response A) Poetry. B) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Poetry. ← 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