This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry > Poetry Terms – Quiz 185 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 185 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. When rhyming words are at the ends of lines A) Analogy. B) Euphony. C) End Rhyme. D) Internal Rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) End Rhyme. 2. My sister is a sloth in the morning. Is this an example of A) Metaphor?. B) Simile?. C) Onomatopoeia?. D) Rhyme?. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor?. 3. The correspondence of sound between words or the ending of words, especially when these words are used at the ends of lines of poetry. A) Couplet. B) End rhyme. C) Rhyme. D) External rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rhyme. 4. "Pop!" and "Splat!" are examples of- A) Personification. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Hyperbole. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Onomatopoeia. 5. What is the definition of free verse? A) Poetry defined by its lack of strict structure. B) Poetry that expresses the thoughts and feelings of the poet, often in a highly musical vein. C) Poems shaped to look like their subject. D) Songlike poems that tell stories. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Poetry defined by its lack of strict structure. 6. A group of lines in a poem (like a paragraph) A) Stanza. B) Haiku. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stanza. 7. A comparison between two unlike things that does NOT use "like" or "as" A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Alliteration. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 8. What is "the ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of a poem or verse" ? A) Rhyme scheme. B) Free verse poetry. C) Haikus. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rhyme scheme. 9. The candle flame danced in the dark. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Alliteration. E) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Personification. 10. A poem with a lack of strict structure; no regular meter, rhyme, fixed line length or stanza pattern A) Narrative. B) Free verse. C) Ballad. D) Lyric. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Free verse. 11. A pattern of end rhymes (words at the end of a line) in a poem. A) Alliteration. B) Assonance. C) Rhyming Couplet. D) Rhyme Scheme. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rhyme Scheme. 12. ..... refers to an author's attitude toward the subject matter. A) Mood. B) Feeling. C) Tone. D) Style. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tone. 13. What is "lyrical poetry" ? A) Subjective and emotional poetry. B) Poetry that tells a story. C) Poetry with a specific rhythm scheme. D) Poetry that takes place in history. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Subjective and emotional poetry. 14. A direct comparison of two unlike things that does NOT use like or as is called ..... A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 15. The main idea of a poem. What does the author want you to learn? A) Free verse. B) Theme. C) Metaphor. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Theme. 16. The regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables that make up a line of poetry and gives rhythm and regularity to a poem. A) Pentameter. B) Beat. C) Lyric. D) Meter. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Meter. 17. Which type of figurative language gives a passing reference to another idea, work of art, or popular text? A) Synecdoche. B) Allusion. C) Alliteration. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Allusion. 18. This is exaggeration. I was so happy, I was ten feet tall. A) Symbol. B) Rhyme. C) Hyperbole. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 19. What does the term paraphrase mean? A) To put in your own words. B) To copy and paste information. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To put in your own words. 20. Which type of poem is a highly musical verse that expresses the emotions of a speaker A) Free Verse. B) Lyric. C) Narrative. D) Elegy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lyric. ← 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