This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry > Poetry Terms – Quiz 170 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 170 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. An example of the term "alliteration" is ..... A) Gray geese in a green field grazing. B) The stars glittered like fireflies in the night sky. C) The whole audience was cackling at how hilarious the movie was. D) Oh, the bells, bells, bells!. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gray geese in a green field grazing. 2. A brief reference to a real or fictional person, event, or work of art. A) Symbol. B) Theme. C) Allusion. D) Ballad. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Allusion. 3. Each blade of grass was a tiny bayonet pointed firmly at our bare feet A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Alliteration. E) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 4. A comparison of two things that have something in common and directly states one thing is something else. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 5. Dictionary definition A) Formal tone. B) Lyric. C) Connotation. D) Denotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Denotation. 6. When the truth is exaggerated to add humor or emphasis A) Allusion. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 7. A set of two consecutive lines in a poem that rhyme A) Couplet. B) Sonnet. C) Apostrophe. D) Lyric poem. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Couplet. 8. A pattern of rhyming words inside the same line A) Rhyme Scheme:End. B) Rhyme Scheme:Internal. C) Rhyme Scheme:Slant. D) Rhyme Scheme:Eye. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rhyme Scheme:Internal. 9. What would the rhyme scheme be? You act so cool / But I am no fool / You play the game / But all you care about is fame A) Father. B) ABBA. C) AABB. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) AABB. 10. A line of poetry that shows an image and expresses ideas that appeal to the sense is called what? A) Imagery. B) Metaphor. C) Allusion. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imagery. 11. A fourteen line rhyming poem written in iambic pentameter A) Sonnet. B) Villanelles. C) Ballad. D) Narrative. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sonnet. 12. A short poem that presents a single speaker who expresses thoughts and feelings in an emotional, song-like manner A) Narrative. B) Drama. C) Lyric. D) Free verse. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lyric. 13. Style of speaking or writing; an author's choice of words A) DICTION. B) THEME. C) TONE. D) IMAGERY. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) DICTION. 14. Satire A) A lyric poem that laments the dead. B) A poem of a single speaker who expresses his thoughts and feelings. C) Literature about country life. D) A style of writing that ridicules human weaknesses, vice or folly in order to promote social reform. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A style of writing that ridicules human weaknesses, vice or folly in order to promote social reform. 15. Emily Dickinson was a(n) A) Leader of the Communist Rebellion. B) Star Wars character who was a Jedi bounty hunter. C) An American Poetess known for being a recluse who always wore white clothes. D) An Avatar in Fortnite (because Fortnite sux). Show Answer Correct Answer: C) An American Poetess known for being a recluse who always wore white clothes. 16. "Comparing two things without using 'like' or 'as" ' is a definition of: A) Personification. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 17. Which term means a comparison between two unlike things using the words like or as? A) Symbolism. B) Hyperbole. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 18. The comic book superhero Spider-Man possesses a spidey sense that warns him of impending trouble.What is the meaning of the allusion in the sentence below?Luther picked up his pace on the trail as his spidey sense began to tingle. A) Sense of smell. B) Sense of danger. C) Sense of wonder. D) Sense of pride. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sense of danger. 19. Compares two things using "like" or "as" in the sentence. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 20. A language that is not meant to be taken literally A) Rhyme. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Figurative language. D) Form. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Figurative language. ← 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