This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry > Poetry Terms – Quiz 164 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 164 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Metaphor is ..... A) A comparison of two unlike things using like, as, or resembles. B) A comparison of two unlike things without using like, as, or resembles. C) A poet's attitude toward a subject. D) Language that helps make connections. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A comparison of two unlike things without using like, as, or resembles. 2. A poem that has a plot, characters, and tells a story is called ..... A) Free verse. B) Humorous. C) Narrative poem. D) Lyric poem. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Narrative poem. 3. Bang! Crash! Pow! A) Hyperbole. B) Personification. C) Alliteration. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Onomatopoeia. 4. The use of contradictory terms found side by side to make a point is called a(n) ..... A) Oxymoron. B) Imagery. C) Personification. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oxymoron. 5. A repeating line or stanza in a poem or song A) Cadence. B) Connotation. C) Enjambment. D) Refrain. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Refrain. 6. A regular pattern of rhythm is ..... A) Meter. B) Rhyme scheme. C) Stanzas. D) Scansion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Meter. 7. Making a comparison by calling one thing something elseex. I am a bear early in the morning. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Assonance. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 8. The repetition of sounds at the end of words A) Diction. B) Rhyme. C) Rhyme scheme. D) End rhymes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rhyme. 9. Identical or similar sounds at the end of lines A) Line. B) Speaker. C) Rhyme. D) Stanza. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rhyme. 10. Words that are written in a way that looks slanted A) Italics. B) Bold. C) Speaker. D) Cursive. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Italics. 11. Common phrase made up of words that can't be understood by their literal, or ordinary, meanings A) Idiom. B) Oxymoron. C) Hyperbole. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Idiom. 12. Words and phrases that re-create sensory experiences for readers A) Sensory language. B) Imagery. C) Allusion. D) Figurative language. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Imagery. 13. What is the definition of the term:Internal Rhyme? A) Rhyme at the ends of lines of poetry. B) The rhyming words have the exact same pattern of spelling or pronunciation. C) Rhyming words have similar, but not perfect patterns of sounds. D) Rhyme within a line of poetry. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rhyme within a line of poetry. 14. A comparison between two unlike things without using "like" or "as" is called ..... A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Alliteration. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 15. This compares two apparently unlike things using the words "like" or "as" A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Comparison. D) Connotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 16. Pattern of end rhymes, expressed using letters A) Rhyme scheme. B) Meter. C) Rhythm. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rhyme scheme. 17. A poem where certain letters in each line spell out a word or phrase A) Free verse. B) Ode. C) Acrostic. D) Sonnet. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Acrostic. 18. Figurative language that describes objects, actions, ideas that appeal to the senses A) Figurative language. B) Imagery. C) Personification. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Imagery. 19. Which element of poetry is highlighted in this quote? "My grandfather is the funniest man in the whole world. He is so funny that when he tells jokes in public the whole town has to go to the hospital for side pains." A) Theme. B) Metaphor. C) Imagery. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hyperbole. 20. The pattern of rhymes in a poem. Indicated by a series of letters A) Rising Action. B) Refrain. C) Enjambment. D) Rhyme scheme. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rhyme scheme. ← 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