This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry > Poetry Terms – Quiz 173 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 173 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Choose the definition for:simile A) The repetition of initial consonant sounds used by writers to draw attention to certain words or ideas. B) A figure of speech in which something is described as though it were something else that is unlike it. C) A figure of speech that uses like or as to make a comparison between two unlike ideas. D) A type of figurative language that uses exaggeration, either for comic effect or to express strong emotion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A figure of speech that uses like or as to make a comparison between two unlike ideas. 2. Which kind of metrical foot goes in an unstressed, unstressed, stressed pattern? A) Dactyl. B) Trochee. C) Anapest. D) Spondee. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Anapest. 3. A phrase that has to be interpreted is called- A) Figurative language. B) Metaphor. C) Poem. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Figurative language. 4. 1 stressed syllable + 1 (or 2) stressed/unstressed syllables = A) A foot. B) To room. C) A meter. D) A poem. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A foot. 5. A unit of verse consisting the words in a single row A) Verse. B) Syllable. C) Poetry. D) Line. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Line. 6. She is a snake. A) Hyperbole. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 7. "She's a good swimmer, but she's no Ariel." This is an example of A) Alliteration. B) Allusion. C) Simile. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Allusion. 8. Compares two unlike things without using the words like or as A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Alliteration. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 9. Who is talking in the poem A) Character. B) Poet. C) Audience. D) Speaker. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Speaker. 10. The second meaning of a word, the additional meaning of a word apart from its literal meaning A) Connotation. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Connotation. 11. A word that has meaning in itself but also represents something beyond itself A) Connotation. B) Denotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Denotation. 12. It is the use of rhyming words within a line of poetry. A) Limerick. B) Internal rhyme. C) Haiku. D) End rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Internal rhyme. 13. The Following is an example of which Poetry Device: "Shine bright like a diamond" A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 14. A poem with 14 lines and is written in iambic pentamter with each line having 10 syllables A) Haiku. B) Ode. C) Sonnet. D) Ballad. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sonnet. 15. In the poem, "Poetry Means the World to Me", Tony Medina writes "They should be used used used to say what you like or don't like what you see think or feel ..... ". Which device does Medina use? A) Repetition. B) Rhyme. C) Hyperbole. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Repetition. 16. The feelings evoked in the reader because of the author's use of diction and imagery A) Tone. B) Mood. C) Symbolism. D) Setting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mood. 17. Which is true about poetry? A) There are no line breaks. B) Ideas are arranged into paragraphs. C) Most everyday writing is in this form. D) Modern poets choose not to follow the capitalization rule for the first letter of each line. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Modern poets choose not to follow the capitalization rule for the first letter of each line. 18. The central idea, topic, or point of a story, essay, or narrative A) Simile. B) Theme. C) Personification. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Theme. 19. Compare using like or as A) Metaphor. B) Rhyme. C) Simile. D) Stanza. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 20. A comparison that does not use the words like or as A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Allusion. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. ← 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