This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry > Poetry Terms – Quiz 180 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 180 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. "Cold metal sits as quiet as an owl in flight." is an example of a ..... A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Stanza. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 2. Denotation is a word's ..... A) Literal, dictionary definition. B) Emotional meaning. C) Diction. D) Mood. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Literal, dictionary definition. 3. ..... is the use of any element of language-a sound, a word, a phrase, a line or a stanza-more than once. A) Stanza. B) Tone. C) Imagery. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Repetition. 4. What is "a comparison using like or as" ? A) Rhyme. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Lyric. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 5. My brain is an artifact that has never been found A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 6. Repetition of the ending vowel sounds in words A) Alliteration. B) Consonance. C) Rhyme. D) Assonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rhyme. 7. Groupof consecutive lines in a poem that forms a single unit. A) Meter. B) Personification. C) Repetition. D) Stanza. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Stanza. 8. Allusion is ..... A) The repetition of vowel sounds in a chunk of text. B) The recurrence of stressed and unstressed sounds in poetry. C) A brief reference to a real or fictional person, event, place, or work of art. D) A single line of poetry. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A brief reference to a real or fictional person, event, place, or work of art. 9. What type of figurative language is used in the sentence? The fire licked the house and smoke ran towards the sky. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 10. Writer's attitude toward the audience or subject, implied or related directly A) Persona. B) Personification. C) Irony. D) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tone. 11. A paragraph in a poem, separated by blank space. A) Line. B) Stanza. C) Couplet. D) Quatrain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stanza. 12. What do we use to measure a poem's rhythm? A) Rhyme scheme. B) Meter. C) Lines. D) Stanza. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Meter. 13. Writing that uses hyperbole, personification, similes, or metaphors to enhance or clarify meaning A) Literal language. B) Prose. C) Poetry. D) Figurative language. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Figurative language. 14. A septet consists of ..... A) 5 lines. B) 6 lines. C) 7 lines. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 7 lines. 15. A ten-line poem that focuses on one topic, usually to give praise A) Free Verse Poem. B) Simile. C) Stanza. D) Ode. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ode. 16. Comparison between two things that use helping verbs "like" "as" "than" or "resembles" A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Conceit. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 17. Repetition of vowel sounds without repetition of consonant sounds A) Alliteration. B) Assonance. C) Refrain. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Assonance. 18. What has 5 lines, definite syllable patterns and is amusing A) Rythym. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Limerick. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Limerick. 19. A ..... compares two unlike things, using the word like or as. A) Personification. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 20. A poem written in iambic pentameter with no rhyme scheme. A) Petrarchan sonnet. B) Free Verse. C) Blank Verse. D) Ballad. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Blank Verse. ← 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