This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry > Poetry Terms – Quiz 144 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 144 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The repetition of initial consonant sounds in a sequence of words, often for rhythmic effect A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Alliteration. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 2. An anthology is A) A direct comparison of two different things. B) A collection of various writings, such as songs, stories, or poems. C) Most important meal of the day. D) CASEY AT THE BAT. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A collection of various writings, such as songs, stories, or poems. 3. "Hiss" and "boom" are examples of A) Onomatopoeia. B) Simile. C) Assonance. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Onomatopoeia. 4. A long lyric poem that celebrates something or someone A) Epic. B) Sonnet. C) Couplet. D) Ode. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ode. 5. A comparison between two things that are basically unlike but have something in common. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 6. "Sam saw some sandy scones on the sunny side of the South." is an example of ..... A) Alliteration. B) Assonance. C) Consonance. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 7. What are humorous, rhyming, five-line poems with a specific rhythm pattern and rhyme scheme? A) Limericks. B) Haikus. C) Narrative poems. D) Lyric poems. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Limericks. 8. Vivid descriptive language A) Alliteration. B) Imagery. C) Hyperbole. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Imagery. 9. A poem that tells a story. They will have all the elements of a short story:character, setting, conflict, and plot. A) Mood. B) Narrative Poems. C) End Rhyme. D) Lyric Poems. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Narrative Poems. 10. Read the following line of poetry and decide which two poetic devices the author uses. "He was a stainless steel ruler, tall, straight and always measured in response." A) Onomatopoeia, simile. B) Alliteration, metaphor. C) Simile, hyperbole. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration, metaphor. 11. The repetition of similar sounds at the beginning of words A) Alliteration. B) Rhyme. C) Couplet. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 12. Rhyming in which the words sound the same but do not rhyme perfectly. A) False rhyme. B) Near rhyme. C) End rhyme. D) Eye rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Near rhyme. 13. A songlike poem that tells a story, often about adventure or romance. A) Ballad. B) Narrative Poetry. C) Free Verse. D) Haiku. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ballad. 14. An example of the term "mood" is ..... A) The author was cranky about the new laws that were being passed. B) The sour bite of the candy made my lips pucker. C) Steve saved seven seagulls. D) That book was so suspenseful and mysterious. I was surprised at every turn!. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) That book was so suspenseful and mysterious. I was surprised at every turn!. 15. "Giada was a popsicle because she forgot her jacket and she waited at the bus stop in-3 below windchill!" is an example of a ..... A) Personification. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 16. A poem of praise. A) Lyric. B) Ode. C) Sonnet. D) Ballad. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ode. 17. How the author feels towards the subject A) Tone. B) Mood. C) Theme. D) Diction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tone. 18. Words with the same ending sounds, usually at end of lines A) Assonance. B) Slant rhyme. C) Line break. D) End rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) End rhyme. 19. Two lines that occur one after the other in a poem, usually rhyme and have same length A) Couplet. B) Quatrain. C) Cinquain. D) Limerick. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Couplet. 20. A poem in verse that tells a story is a Lyric poem A) No it is a Narrative one. B) Yes, it is a Lyric poem. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) No it is a Narrative one. ← 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