This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry > Poetry Terms – Quiz 16 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 16 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The subject of the poem goes down the left hand side and all words going across start with that letter and relate to the subject A) Free verse. B) Haiku. C) Acrostic. D) Quatrain. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Acrostic. 2. Japanese poetry that reflects on nature and feelings. Three lines:five syllables in line 1, seven syllables in line 2, and five syllables in line 3. A) Haiku. B) Limerick. C) Acrostic. D) Sonnet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Haiku. 3. Saying "This is bad" vs. "This is a catastrophe!" A) Diction. B) Allusion. C) Symbolism. D) Pun. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Diction. 4. Lines of poetry are organized into units of meaning called: A) Stanzas. B) A Poem. C) Metaphor. D) Similarly. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stanzas. 5. An object or action that means something more than its literal meaning. A) Symbol. B) Metaphor. C) Ballad. D) Verse. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Symbol. 6. The message about life that the poem conveys A) Theme. B) Main idea. C) Imagery. D) Meter. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Theme. 7. The use of any element of language-a sound, a word, a phrase, a line, or a stanza-more than once A) Couplet. B) Repetition. C) Assonance. D) Consonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Repetition. 8. The rhythmical pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a poem is called ..... A) Verse. B) Meter. C) Stanza. D) Couplet. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Meter. 9. Definition:the repetition of the same vowel sounds inside of words that are close together. A) Assonance. B) Simile. C) Alliteration. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Assonance. 10. The repetition of similar vowel sounds A) Alliteration. B) Consonance. C) Assonance. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Assonance. 11. Giving human qualities and ideas to non human things (objects, animals). A) Personification. B) Diamante. C) Limerick. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 12. Written words that express feelings and thoughts A) Stories. B) Stanzas. C) Characters. D) Poetry. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Poetry. 13. A four-line stanza with any combination of rhymes A) 4 piece. B) Quatrain. C) Four. D) Quad. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Quatrain. 14. This is the writer's attitude toward his or her subject. A) Mood. B) Tone. C) Theme. D) Conflict. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tone. 15. Rhythm is created by the stressed and unstressed syllables in the poem. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 16. What is the use of figurative language to evoke a sensory experience or create a picture with words for a reader? A) Irony. B) Imagery. C) Symbol. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Imagery. 17. A group of lines in a poem. A) Poetry. B) Line. C) Stanza. D) Stanza break. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stanza. 18. The use of a word whose sound imitates or suggests its meaning. The word buzz is one example. A) Repetition. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Assonance. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Onomatopoeia. 19. Human qualities given to an animal, object, or idea. A) Humanification. B) Hyperbole. C) Personification. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 20. Song like poem that tells a story about romance or adventure. A) Narrative poem. B) Lyric poem. C) Ballad. D) Sonnet. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ballad. ← 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