This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry > Poetry Terms – Quiz 168 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 168 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Cacophony A) Use of harsh sounding words or a discord of sounds. B) Balancing pattern where the main elements are reversed ex) fair is foul & foul is fair. C) Repetition of consonant sounds in a sentence, especially at the ends of words ex) each slow dusk a drawing down of blinds. D) Opposite of euphemism, a crude/shocking word/expression. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Use of harsh sounding words or a discord of sounds. 2. A group of 2 or more lines that form a unit in a poem. A) Speaker. B) Rhyme. C) Repetition. D) Stanza. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Stanza. 3. Birmingham Alabama gets its name from Birmingham England.Please add commas. A) Birmingham, Alabama gets its name from Birmingham, England. B) Birmingham, Alabama, gets its name, from Birmingham, England. C) Birmingham, Alabama, gets its name from Birmingham, England. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Birmingham, Alabama, gets its name from Birmingham, England. 4. Rows of words in poetry A) Lines. B) Stanza. C) Repetition. D) Rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lines. 5. My grandmother was as beautiful as a Texas sunrise is an example of ..... A) Metaphor. B) Rhyme. C) Simile. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 6. A humorous poem..... A) Is a poem that tells a story. B) Is a type of poetry that does not follow rules. C) Tells about a funny moment. D) Is always serious. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tells about a funny moment. 7. What type of rhyme is the following example?"The splendor falls on castle walls" A) Internal rhyme. B) End rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Internal rhyme. 8. Words that create images that appeal to the senses are known as: A) Rhyming words. B) Rhythm. C) Imagery. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Imagery. 9. Grammar rules seem to be the Achilles heel of many 8th grade students. A) Allusion. B) Illusion. C) Metaphor. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Allusion. 10. The feeling created by the passage. A) Tone. B) Mood. C) Symbol. D) Diction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mood. 11. The following sentence is an example of what type of figurative language:She is such an angel! A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 12. The measured arrangement of sounds/beats in a poem; the number of syllables per line A) Meter. B) Rhythm. C) Assonance. D) Enjambment. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Meter. 13. Which poetry term is used in the following line:'The mountain stood tall and proud'? A) Personification. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 14. What type of poem has three lines and a 5/7/5 meter? A) Limerick. B) Ode. C) Ballad. D) Haiku. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Haiku. 15. What is the term for the comparison of two unlike things using 'like' or 'as' in a poem? A) Hyperbole. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 16. Free verse poetry does not have..... A) Stanzas. B) Plot or conflict. C) Rhyme or rhythm. D) Serious topic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rhyme or rhythm. 17. What does "hyperbole" mean? A) Repetition of a sound. B) Exaggeration. C) Rhymes at the end of lines. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Exaggeration. 18. The message or moral of the story A) Theme. B) Main idea. C) Summary. D) Plot. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Theme. 19. "Comparing two things using 'like' or 'as" ' is a definition of: A) Personification. B) Hyperbole. C) Simile. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 20. They students were asked to identify the similarities and differences or ..... the two books. A) Format. B) Contrast. C) Evaluate. D) Compare. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Compare. ← 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