This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry > Poetry Terms – Quiz 161 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 161 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which word matches the definition:the repetition of similar vowels in successive words A) Diction. B) Anaphora. C) Assonance. D) Connotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Assonance. 2. ..... is a type of rhyme occurs within lines of poetry. A) Rhyme. B) Internal Rhyme. C) End Rhyme. D) Rhyme Scheme. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Internal Rhyme. 3. Mina heard the last piece of cheesecake in the refrigerator calling her name. A) Personification. B) Hyperbole. C) Irony. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 4. An expression of exaggeration A) Alliteration. B) Assonance. C) Hyperbole. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 5. The repetition of beginning sounds of words. A) Alliteration. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Refrain. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 6. Refers to the language of a poem, and how each word is chosen to convey a precise meaning. A) Connotation. B) Diction. C) Denotation. D) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Diction. 7. The car squeaked every time I hit a road bump. Which sense am I describing? A) Sight. B) Sound. C) Smell. D) Taste. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sound. 8. Fantastic Fried Foods at Fair It is no secret that fried foods are one of the greatest attractions at fairs and festivals. "It's amazing how truly delicious unhealthy foods can become when they are made even more unhealthy, " said an operator of one fried food stand. What type of figurative language is used? A) Metaphor. B) Alliteration. C) Simile. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 9. Which one is a metaphor A) Mom is that you. B) He was a lion in the fight. C) The car is running so fast. D) We had a ton of work. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He was a lion in the fight. 10. A figure of speech in which contradictory terms appear together (example: "loving hate, " "brawling love") A) Oxymoron. B) Pun. C) Motif. D) Foreshadowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oxymoron. 11. Mood in poetry is ..... A) An attitude of a writer toward a subject or an audience. B) A temporary state of mind or feeling. C) Evokes certain feelings or emotions in readers through words and descriptions. Usually referred to as the atmosphere of a literary piece. D) Basically the same thing as tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Evokes certain feelings or emotions in readers through words and descriptions. Usually referred to as the atmosphere of a literary piece. 12. Gives human qualities to nonhuman subjects A) Onomatopoeia. B) Simile. C) Imagery. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 13. A regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry A) Refrain. B) Meter. C) Line. D) Stanza. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Meter. 14. What is the definition of an allusion? A) An expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly. B) A row of words. C) A group of lines in a poem. D) Repetition of a consonant sound in the middle or end of a word. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly. 15. Imitation of natural sounds of words, words you "hear" A) Onomatopoeia. B) Imagery. C) Compare. D) Contrast. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Onomatopoeia. 16. A ..... is an apparent contradiction that is nevertheless somehow true. A) Apostrophe. B) Metaphor. C) Alliteration. D) Paradox. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Paradox. 17. Feeling a literary work creates in its reader A) Suspense. B) Anaphora. C) Foreshadow. D) Mood. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mood. 18. The repetition of initial consonant sounds in a series of words A) Alliteration. B) Assonance. C) Consonance. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 19. Two syllables-1st one is soft, 2nd one is heavy A) Iambic pentameter. B) Iambic rhythm. C) Meter. D) Rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Iambic rhythm. 20. The author's attitude about their topic, characters or audience. A) Mood. B) Setting. C) Tone. D) Diction. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tone. ← 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