This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry > Poetry Terms – Quiz 199 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 199 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following is an example of an idiom? A) Clap! Clap!. B) The hand of the clock punched the foot of the bed. C) You are driving me up the wall. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) You are driving me up the wall. 2. Her hair is like the golden sunshine. A) Onomatopoeia. B) Simile. C) Rhyme. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 3. Group of lines in a poem, is an alternative to a paragraph A) Stanza. B) Conflict. C) Tragedy. D) Crew. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stanza. 4. Use of concrete details that appeal to the five senses A) Meter. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Blank verse. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Imagery. 5. The exact meaning of what is said A) Literal. B) Figurative. C) Simile. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Literal. 6. What is the correct spelling of the word that means a line or group of lines that is repeated at regular intervals in a poem. A) Refine. B) Refrain. C) Refrin. D) Refrain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Refrain. 7. Expresses writer's emotions, usually briefly and in stanzas or recognized terms. A) Lyric. B) Meter. C) Poem. D) Verse. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lyric. 8. This is a transition in a story to a time in the past A) Alliteration. B) Flashforward. C) Foreshadowing. D) Flashback. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Flashback. 9. Statistically, which grade or class has the best chance to be Tip-off Queen? A) Freshman. B) Sophomore. C) Junior. D) Senior. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Freshman. 10. ..... uses the word like or as to compare two seemingly unlike things. A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Simile. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 11. The intentional use of the same word or phrase two or more times. Draws the reader's attention to that particular word or phrase. A) Metaphor. B) Stanza. C) Rhyme scheme. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Repetition. 12. A famous poet who didn't use punctuation marks and often didn't capitalize letters. A) J.K. Rowling. B) Lemony Snicket. C) C.S. Lewis. D) E.E. Cummings. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) E.E. Cummings. 13. What type of figurative language gives human qualities to objects or animals? A) Simile. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 14. What poetic device is used in 'The crazy lady is very lazy.'? A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Rhyme. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rhyme. 15. A poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line. A) Personification. B) Sonnet. C) Antonym. D) Ballad. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sonnet. 16. The fountain tossed its water, / Up and up A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 17. What figurative language is used in this sentence? "Theteenage boy left behind a stench of Axe so powerful that it could set off thesmoke detectors" A) Hyperbole. B) Personification. C) Simile. D) Refrain. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 18. Pleasing sound caused by the repetition of similar consonant sounds within groups of words or a literary work A) Assonance. B) Synecdoche. C) Consonance. D) Juxtaposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Consonance. 19. A short poem expressing personal feelings and emotions that may be set to music and often involves the use of regular meter. A) Epic poetry. B) Lyric poetry. C) Stylistic poetry. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lyric poetry. 20. Pattern of accented and unaccented syllables in a line of poetry. A) Paraphrase. B) Rhyme. C) Rhythm. D) Line. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rhythm. ← 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