This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry > Poetry Terms – Quiz 138 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 138 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The repitition of initial stressed consonant sounds in a series of words within a prhase or verse lineex:Sally sold seashells by the seashore. A) Allusion. B) Alliteration. C) Assonance. D) Couplet. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 2. What figurative language appeals to the five senses? A) Simile. B) Idiom. C) Imagery. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Imagery. 3. A reference the author expects the reader to recognize A) Alliteration. B) Allusion. C) Tone. D) Stereotype. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Allusion. 4. A short poem expressing the strong feelings or emotions of the speaker. A) Lyric. B) Limerick. C) Haiku. D) Sonnet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lyric. 5. Poetry not written in traditional meter or rhyme A) Heroic couplet. B) Free verse. C) Blank verse. D) Third rhyma. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Free verse. 6. What does "symbol" mean? A) Comparing two online things using the verb "is". B) Exaggeration. C) Something that stands for something else. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Something that stands for something else. 7. Identify the correct definition of enjambment from the options below A) Where two words sound the same. B) When a line of poetry runs on into the next line, without punctuation, for an effect. C) Regular, patterned repetition of sounds through syllables. D) A writing principle that suggests that a trio of events is more engaging to the reader. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) When a line of poetry runs on into the next line, without punctuation, for an effect. 8. ..... is a comparison of two things, using the words like or as.Example:Tony was as fast as a cheetah. A) Simile. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Personification. D) Mood. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 9. Petrarchan sonnet A) Poetry that does not ryhme or does not have a regular meter. B) Meter consisting of one accented syllable followed by two unaccented syllables. C) Repitition of a vowel sound or dipthong in non-ryhming words. D) A sonnet consisting of an octave with the rhyme pattern abbaabba, followed by a sestet with the rhyme pattern cdecde or cdcdcd. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A sonnet consisting of an octave with the rhyme pattern abbaabba, followed by a sestet with the rhyme pattern cdecde or cdcdcd. 10. The words of a song A) Lyric. B) Repetition. C) Rhyme scheme. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lyric. 11. Rhyming of the vowel sound (name-train, fight-like) A) Assonant. B) Masculine. C) Feminine. D) Near Rhyme/Slant Rhyme/Half Rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Assonant. 12. A type of poem that is sometimes set to music A) Sonnet. B) Ballad. C) Haiku. D) Ode. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ballad. 13. Which of the following is an example of a rhyme A) Share and square. B) Grows and follow. C) Drawing and speak. D) Sale and buy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Share and square. 14. Giving human qualities to something that is not human A) Onomatopoeia. B) Alliteration. C) Personification. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 15. Ex:The crocodile's teeth are white daggers. A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Simile. D) Poetry. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 16. "In the narrowest nest in a corner, My wings pressing close to my side." Can you hear the repetition of a consonant sound within two or more words of this quote? This is called ..... A) Mood. B) Tone. C) Consonance. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Consonance. 17. The repetition of similar vowel sounds in a line or stanza to add emphasis. An example:Blue, to, you, do A) Assonance. B) Repetition. C) Oxymoron. D) Antonym. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Assonance. 18. A poem that uses lines of varying lengths along with unpredictable rhyme schemes and rhythmsis called A) Traditional poetry. B) Free form poetry. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Free form poetry. 19. "This room is a circus!" is an example of which poetic device? A) Imagery. B) Metaphor. C) Idiom. D) Paradox. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 20. One line of text in a poem. A) Prose. B) Tone. C) Mood. D) Line. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Line. ← 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