This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry > Poetry Terms – Quiz 200 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 200 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A poem that focuses on a specific time of day is a(n) A) Elegy. B) Epitaph. C) Ode. D) Aubade. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Aubade. 2. A poem with 14 lines and a specific rhyming and rhythm pattern is called a ..... A) Haiku. B) Limerick. C) Cinquain. D) Sonnet. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sonnet. 3. A phrase or line of poetry that is repeated throughout a poem to create a special effect A) Meter. B) Rhyme. C) Refrain. D) Rhyme scheme. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Refrain. 4. What figure of speech is employed in the following line? " ..... cold, collecting, calculating, crowd ..... " A) Alliteration. B) Personification. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 5. A saying or phrase whose meaning is different from the individual words that make it up. Example:Those hats are a dime a dozen. A) Idiom. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Idiom. 6. A figure of speech in which an animal, object, force of nature, or idea if given human qualities or characteristics A) Elegy. B) Personification. C) Irony. D) Refrain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 7. "She's as sharp as a tack!" A) Alliteration. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 8. Which term refers to the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables that create rhythm in a poem? A) Form. B) Stanza. C) Meter. D) Enjambment. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Meter. 9. The best definition for Alliteration is ..... A) Continuing a sentence/idea after the line breaks. B) The rhythmic pattern of a poem. C) Repeated consonant sounds at the beginning of words. D) Repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of lines. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Repeated consonant sounds at the beginning of words. 10. What does speaker refer to in poetry? A) Expressing an idea through a more imaginative use of words. B) The voice that 'talks' to the reader. C) Giving human qualities to an animal, object, or idea. D) The author of the poem. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The voice that 'talks' to the reader. 11. Convention A) The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. B) A way in which something is done. C) Arranged writing. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A way in which something is done. 12. A long, often book-length, narrative in verse form that retells the heroic journey of a single person or a group of persons A) Humorous poem. B) Lyrical poem. C) Epic poem. D) Free verse poem. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Epic poem. 13. A single row of words in a poem A) Mood. B) Theme. C) Meter. D) Line. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Line. 14. Literature written in a style pattern that resembles everyday language; sentences, paragraphs, etc. A) Poet. B) Prose. C) Mood. D) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Prose. 15. Several words beginning with the same sound. A) Rhyme. B) Metaphor. C) Alliteration. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 16. Repeated consonant sounds at the beginning of words A) Hyperbole. B) Alliteration. C) Diction. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 17. Which of the following terms is defined as:the arrangement of words in poetry based on rhythm, accents, and the number of syllables in a line A) Imagery. B) Metaphor. C) Meter. D) Voice. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Meter. 18. Which of the following words does not match the rhythm of the the other three? A) Swallow. B) Until. C) Sprinkle. D) Planet. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Until. 19. A speech made of a character thinking out-loud and not to anyone. A) Soliloquy. B) Monologue. C) Dialogue. D) Euphony. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Soliloquy. 20. Contradictory terms brought together to express a paradox for strong effect.Beautiful tyrant! fiend angelical!Dove-feathered raven! wolvish-ravening lamb!(William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet) A) Idiotic. B) Oxymoron. C) Hyperbole. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Oxymoron. ← 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