This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry > Poetry Terms – Quiz 177 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 177 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Jumbo shrimp, deafening silence, etc. A) Poem. B) Speaker. C) Stanza. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Oxymoron. 2. What is the pattern of repeated rhyming words in a poem called? A) Form. B) Tone. C) Mood. D) Rhyme scheme. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rhyme scheme. 3. Of the 17 poems for the portfolio, how many must rhyme? A) All. B) None. C) 5. D) 10. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 5. 4. Oh baby, you wanna dance 'til the sunlight cracksis an example of ..... A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hyperbole. 5. The same or similar sounds at the end of words. A) Rhyme. B) Alliteration. C) Free verse. D) Stanza. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rhyme. 6. The end of a line of poetry that coincides with the end of a thought. A) Stanza. B) Run-on Line. C) Shift. D) End-stopped Line. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) End-stopped Line. 7. Comparisons between unrelated things or ideas; metaphors, similes, personification, and hyperbole are all types of this. A) Figurative language. B) Literal language. C) Free verse. D) Form. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Figurative language. 8. The following is an example of which poetic device? "And so today, my world it smiles Your hand in mine, we walk the miles" A) Alliteration. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 9. A section of a poem named for the quantity of lines it containsex. a haiku has ..... s of 3-lines each A) Poem. B) Ballad. C) Stanza. D) Rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stanza. 10. A form of poetry that originated in Japan and uses three lines. The first line has 5 syllables, the second line has 7 syllables, and the third line has 5 syllables. A) Haiku. B) Concrete. C) Ballad. D) Narrative. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Haiku. 11. What are symbols used for in poetry? A) They compare 2 things. B) They're there to confuse you. C) They represent different things or ideas. D) They emphasize an idea or thing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They represent different things or ideas. 12. What do we call the repetition of a vowel sound? A) Sigh. B) Alliteration. C) Assonance. D) Consonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Assonance. 13. A figure of speech in which human qualities are given to an object, animal or idea- A) Personification. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Ode. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 14. A blue, new moon rose high in the sky, casting a subdued hue over the school. A) Consonance. B) Assonance. C) Imagery. D) Creepy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Assonance. 15. Repetition of vowel sounds with words in close proximity A) Assonance. B) Consonance. C) Juxtaposition. D) Symbolism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Assonance. 16. A ..... is a direct comparison of unrelated things that uses 'like' or 'as.' A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 17. It's raining cats and dogs is an example of an ..... ? A) Personification. B) Simile. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Idiom. 18. "Soon the sun's warmth makes them shed crystal shells." This line is an example of ..... A) Allusion. B) Alliteration. C) Context. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 19. What is the definition of symbolism in poetry? A) The use of similes and metaphors in poetry. B) The use of rhymes to create meaning. C) The use of alliteration to convey emotions. D) The use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities. tagsCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.9-10.5. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities. tagsCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.9-10.5. 20. A reference to something else A) Theme. B) Diction. C) Allusion. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Allusion. ← 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