This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry > Poetry Terms – Quiz 189 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 189 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which type of poetry is typically a lament for the dead? A) Ballad. B) Epic. C) Elegy. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Elegy. 2. A person, place, object, or action that stands for something BEYOND itself. A) Anaphora. B) Parody. C) Analogy. D) Symbol. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Symbol. 3. You forget what you want to remember, and you remember what you want to forget. A) Paradox. B) Chiasmus. C) Oxymoron. D) Zeugma. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chiasmus. 4. The recurrence of similar sounds, especially consonants, in close proximity A) Alliteration. B) Consonance. C) Assonance. D) Stanza. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Consonance. 5. A division of a poem consisting of two or more lines arranged together as a unit. A) Stanza. B) Line. C) Simile. D) Couplet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stanza. 6. Repeating of consonant sounds at the end of consecutive words or phrases A) Assonance. B) Consonance. C) Alliteration. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Consonance. 7. A reference to a different literary or political work. A) Imagery. B) Figurative language. C) Metaphor. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Allusion. 8. Define rhythm A) The beat of the poem. B) The pictures of the poem. C) The feelings in the poem. D) The ending sounds. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The beat of the poem. 9. The pattern of end rhymes in a poem, assigning a letter of the alphabet to each line starting with "a" is called: A) Rhyme scheme. B) Alliteration. C) Free verse. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rhyme scheme. 10. I am so hungry I could eat a horse! A) Hyperbole. B) Hyperbole. C) Hyperbole. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 11. What is a reference to a person, place, thing, or idea of historical, cultural, literary, or political significance? A) Alliteration. B) Allusion. C) Anaphora. D) Assonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Allusion. 12. Meter can be defined as ..... A) Quite simply, the number of beats or syllables per line of poetry. B) The author's attitude toward the subject, created by the author's specific word choices and poetic structure. Ex:positive, negative, awestruck, encouraging, etc. C) A type of figurative language which says one thing but means another; it is not meant to be taken literally, but it is meant to create an emotional effect in readers. D) When words have the same or similar sounds. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Quite simply, the number of beats or syllables per line of poetry. 13. The feeling a reader gets from the poem A) Mood. B) Theme. C) Rhythm. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mood. 14. Onomatopoeias, metaphors, similes, hyperboles, idioms, and personification are all types of ..... A) Figurative language. B) Sensory language. C) Genres. D) Media. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Figurative language. 15. What is a comparison of two things using like or as? A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 16. Words with the same ending sound A) Rhyme. B) Rhythm. C) Repetition. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rhyme. 17. "When Adele walked through the store, each shiny pair of high heels called out to her." What is being personified? A) Adele. B) The store. C) High heels. D) Her. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) High heels. 18. A humorous funny 5 line poem in which lines 1, 2, 5 rhyme is called ..... ? A) Limerick. B) Cinquain. C) Acrostic. D) Couplet. E) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Limerick. 19. A comparison between two things that are alike using "like" or "as" A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 20. Paddy's potatoes were prepared to perfection is an example of ..... A) Consonance. B) Assonance. C) Ode. D) Lyric poetry. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Consonance. ← 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