This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry > Poetry Terms – Quiz 186 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 186 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Tercet A) A rhyme of final stressed syllables. B) The basic rhythmic structure of a verse or lines in verse. C) Pleasant, harmonious sound. D) A stanza of three lines in which each line ends with the same rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A stanza of three lines in which each line ends with the same rhyme. 2. Pattern of rhymes used in a poem A) Repetition. B) Couplet. C) Rhythm. D) Rhyme scheme. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rhyme scheme. 3. What conclusions can you draw about the speakers age and personality in "Life Doesn't Frighten Me" ? A) She is afraid of the dark. B) She is brave and ready to face any challenges that come her way. C) She is intimidated by the girls and boys in her class. D) She runs away from big dogs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She is brave and ready to face any challenges that come her way. 4. The author of the poem A) Poet. B) Figurative Language. C) Free verse. D) Connotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Poet. 5. What is the purpose of a simile in poetry? A) To describe a word that sounds like the sound it is describing. B) To give human qualities to non-human things. C) To compare two unrelated things. D) To create a musical effect. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To compare two unrelated things. 6. A fanciful expression in writing or speech; an elaborate metaphor A) Eulogy. B) Conceit. C) Ode. D) Ballad. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Conceit. 7. A word or group of words that appeals to one or more of the senses:sight, taste, touch, hearing, smell. A) Onomatopoeia. B) Imagery. C) Compare. D) Contrast. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Imagery. 8. Rhyme that occurs at the end of lines A) Internal rhyme. B) Simile. C) End rhyme. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) End rhyme. 9. You are barking up the wrong tree is an example of A) Hyperbole. B) Idiom. C) Metaphor. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Idiom. 10. A poem that does not follow a regular rhyme scheme or meter A) Sonnet. B) Free verse poem. C) Ode. D) Catalog poem. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Free verse poem. 11. In concrete poems, the words are arranged to create a ..... that relates to the content of the poem A) Character. B) Rhyme. C) Picture. D) Speaker. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Picture. 12. What is the correct spelling of the word that means the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words A) Aliteration. B) Alliteration. C) Alileration. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 13. The contrast between a character's position or aspiration and the treatment he or she receives at the hands of a seemingly hostile fate; also called irony of fate A) Cosmic irony. B) Irony. C) Verbal irony. D) Dramatic irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cosmic irony. 14. Why do author's use figurative language? A) Evoke emotion and explain complicated feelings and concepts. B) Evoke emotion. C) Help the reader make inferences. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Evoke emotion and explain complicated feelings and concepts. 15. This sentence appeals to which sense:The sunset was the most gorgeous they'd ever seen; the clouds were edged with pink and gold. A) Sight. B) Smell. C) Touch. D) Taste. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sight. 16. A line of poetry that has 12 syllables. The name probably comes from a medieval romance about Alexander the Great that was written in 12-syllable lines. A) Accent. B) Alliteration. C) Alexandrine. D) Anapest. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alexandrine. 17. The speaker's attitude toward the subject that can usually be described in a single word. A) Range. B) Volume. C) Voice. D) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tone. 18. Songlike poem that tells stories of adventure A) Lyric Poem. B) Ballad. C) Figurative Language. D) Narrative Poem. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ballad. 19. Words at the end of lines that rhyme is cammed an A) End Rhyme. B) Internal Rhyme. C) Exact Rhyme. D) Near Rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) End Rhyme. 20. An exaggeration used to make a point, not meant to be taken literally is known as a what? A) Hyperbole. B) Idiom. C) Alliteration. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. ← 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