This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry > Poetry Terms – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 2 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What type of poem is this an example of? A) Haiku. B) Limerick. C) Ballad. D) Free Verse. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ballad. 2. The gym is a freezer. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 3. A very short and humorous or nonsensical poem with five lines. A) Ballad. B) Limerick. C) Cinquain. D) Haiku. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Limerick. 4. A word that imitates a sound, for example BUZZ and POP: A) Onomatopoeia. B) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Onomatopoeia. 5. "Her ruby slippers glowed like embers in a fire" is an example of what figurative language? A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 6. An unrhymed form of poetry consisting of 5 prescribed lines. A) Free Verse. B) Cinquain. C) Concrete. D) Limerick. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cinquain. 7. What term is described as an object (living or nonliving) that represents or stands for something else? A) Symbol. B) Icon. C) Mascot. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Symbol. 8. All of the following are types of figurative language that might appear in a poem EXCEPT- A) Alliteration. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 9. What is the rhyme scheme of this poem?The one who brought me down to earth, And held me every day. The one who gracefully gave me birth, And said, I love you in every way. A) ABCD. B) AABB. C) Father. D) ABCB. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Father. 10. A question that does not require an answer; the effect is achieved just by asking the question A) Refrain. B) Rhyme. C) Rhetorical question. D) Analogy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rhetorical question. 11. Words that sound the same but have different spellings and meanings are ..... A) Imagery. B) Repetition. C) Metaphors. D) Homophones. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Homophones. 12. This is a repetition of consonant clusters, like "The snake slithered in the swamp." A) Alliteration. B) Assonance. C) Refrain. D) Rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 13. Systematically arranged and measured rhythm in verse A) Sestet. B) Couplet. C) Meter. D) Rhyme scheme. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Meter. 14. Read the following text: "As the young mother faced off against the man who tried to stealher purse, she was a bear. He took one look in her eyes and quickly gave up."Which element of poetry did the poet use? A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 15. The best definition of a quatrain is ..... A) Two rhyming lines in a poem. B) A train of thought woven throughout the theme of a poem. C) A stanza of four lines in a poem. D) A stanza of 14 lines in a poem. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A stanza of four lines in a poem. 16. The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words A) Consonance. B) Assonance. C) Meter. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alliteration. 17. The attitude the poem's narrator (this may or may not be the actual poet) takes towards a subject or character:serious, humorous, sarcastic, ironic, concerned, tongue-in-cheek, solemn, objective, etc. A) Tone. B) Theme. C) Diction. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tone. 18. A term used in poetry to refer to lines that end without a punctuation and without completing a sentence or clause. A) Symbol. B) Speaker. C) Mood. D) Enjambment. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Enjambment. 19. The attitude of an author about a subject or an audience is called A) Theme. B) Mood. C) Tone. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tone. 20. "[Love] is the star to every wandering bark [ship]" is an example of a ..... A) Hyperbole. B) Metaphor. C) Assonance. D) Rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGenres QuizzesPoetry Terms Quiz 1Poetry Terms Quiz 3Poetry Terms Quiz 4Poetry Terms Quiz 5Poetry Terms Quiz 6Poetry Terms Quiz 7Poetry Terms Quiz 8Poetry Terms Quiz 9Poetry Terms Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books