This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry > Poetry Terms – Quiz 148 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 148 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Words that only look as if they will rhyme A) Enjambment. B) Rhyme scheme. C) Eye rhyme. D) Rhythm. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Eye rhyme. 2. To go beyond in action or performance A) Legendary. B) Acclaimed. C) Outdone. D) Feelers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Outdone. 3. Which one of these is considered a pun? A) It was like taking candy from a baby. B) This is a piece of cake. C) Kings worry about receding heir line. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Kings worry about receding heir line. 4. "There is no CLutter CLuttered upmore CLosely, I presume, than the CLutter CLustered CLinginglyin my friend, Betty's room"is an example of A) Rhyme. B) Alliteration. C) Consonance. D) Assonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 5. A metrical foot consisting of a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed one ( / u ) A) Anapest. B) Dactyl. C) Iamb. D) Trochee. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Trochee. 6. "Sally sells seashells by the seashore" Is an example of which type of figurative language? A) Hyperbole. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Alliteration. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 7. Comparison of two things that are unlike but have some qualities in common; does not use like or as A) Imagery. B) Symbol. C) Foreshadowing. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metaphor. 8. The way a poem is laid out on the page A) Stanza. B) Line break. C) Traditional. D) Form. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Form. 9. What is "poetry with neither regular meter nor rhyme scheme" ? A) Imagery. B) Free verse. C) Couplet. D) Rhythm. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Free verse. 10. "The early bird gets the worm" is an example of ..... A) Alliteration. B) Internal rhyme. C) Consonance. D) Assonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Consonance. 11. A couplet is best defined as ..... A) Rhyme that occurs at the ends of lines. B) A set of two rhyming lines. C) The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a poem. D) The units a poem is broken into. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A set of two rhyming lines. 12. A three-line Japanese poem that follows this syllable pattern:5, 7, 5 A) Haiku. B) Ode. C) Free Verse Poem. D) Couplet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Haiku. 13. In poetry, authors tend to use ..... to appeal to the senses of the audience. Choose the best answer. A) Imagery. B) Repetition. C) Understatement. D) Couplet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imagery. 14. Poetic persona; speaker of poem's unique way of saying things A) Diction. B) Poetic voice. C) Tone. D) Poetic device. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Poetic voice. 15. ..... is a description of an object, animal, place, or idea as if it were human or had human qualities. A) Personification. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 16. True or False:Litotes is an extreme understatement A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 17. A speech given by a single character in a story. A) Denotation. B) Monologue. C) Connotation. D) Persona. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Monologue. 18. The repetition of consonant sounds in close proximity A) Alliteration. B) Assonance. C) Consonance. D) Anaphora. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Consonance. 19. Select the onomatopoeia below? A) The best part about music class is that you can bang on the drum. B) You were as brave as a lion. C) Love is a battlefield. D) The blanket wrapped its arms around me. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The best part about music class is that you can bang on the drum. 20. What is the definition of a symbolism? A) A comparison of two unlike things without using "like" or "as". B) The positive attributes associated with a word or phrase. C) The use of symbols to signify ideas and qualities by giving them symbolic meanings. D) Giving a non-human thing human characteristics. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The use of symbols to signify ideas and qualities by giving them symbolic meanings. ← 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