This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry > Poetry Terms – Quiz 190 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 190 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A story's/poem's central idea or lesson A) Simile. B) Theme. C) Figurative Language. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Theme. 2. What is this an example of? "Go, go, go!" A) Repetition. B) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Repetition. 3. Which describes a sonnet? A) 14 lines and 10 syllables per line. B) 3 unrhymed lines with 5, 7, 5 syllables. C) 5 lines with the rhyme scheme AABA. D) A poem that expresses emotion in first person. E) Written to or about a particular subject; not usually a lot of rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 14 lines and 10 syllables per line. 4. Which is of the following is an example of a METAPHOR? A) Seth is as smart as an encyclopedia. B) Seth is tremendously smart. C) Seth is an encyclopedia. D) Seth is smart like an encyclopedia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Seth is an encyclopedia. 5. All lines in a poem must end with punctuation. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 6. ..... is the repetition of sounds at the end of words/lines A) Repetition. B) Rhyme. C) Alliteration. D) Stanza. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rhyme. 7. A phrase whose literal meaning is different from the implied meaning; people understand the meaning because of its usage in the culture. A) Personification. B) Idiom. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Idiom. 8. True or False:There were many allusions to the Bible in the play "The Crucible" . A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 9. A metaphor..... A) Must use like/as. B) Does not use like/as. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Does not use like/as. 10. A comparison of two things using "like, as than" or "resembles" (Ex. "She is as beautiful as a sunrise" or "As cold as Ice" or "I slept like a log") is ..... A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Simile. D) Rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 11. What is Narrative poem A) Poem with lines and/or stanzas that have no regular pattern or rhyme scheme. B) Poem with lines and/or stanzas that have a regular repeated pattern. C) Poem that tells a story contains characters, conflict, plot. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Poem that tells a story contains characters, conflict, plot. 12. A reference to another work of literature, person, or event A) Paradox. B) Juxtaposition. C) Allusion. D) Analogy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Allusion. 13. Expresses the writer's feelings and attitude about the subject A) Mood. B) Theme. C) Tone. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tone. 14. Poetry that lacks structure. It does not have a regular rhyme, rhythm, or stanza patterns A) Repetition. B) Traditional. C) Free verse. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Free verse. 15. Several words in a row that all start with the same sound. A) Onomatopoeia. B) Metaphor. C) Synecdoche. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alliteration. 16. Assonance is the repetition of ..... sounds in line of poetry. A) Consonant. B) Vowel. C) Word. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vowel. 17. Which is an example of consonance? A) Allie's apple-eating alligator. B) Tall, towering two-faced traitors. C) Pass the fuss on to Miss Tess. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pass the fuss on to Miss Tess. 18. What do you call the appearance of the words on the page? A) Line. B) Stanza. C) Poem. D) Form. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Form. 19. Rhymes only when spelled, not when pronounced (through/rough) A) End rhyme. B) Terminal rhyme. C) Eye rhyme. D) Internal rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Eye rhyme. 20. Words that imitate sounds.Example:Beep! A) Onomatopoeia. B) Alliteration. C) Prose. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Onomatopoeia. ← 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