This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry > Poetry Terms – Quiz 205 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 205 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. One who writes poetry A) Speaker. B) Narrator. C) Poet. D) Songwriter. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Poet. 2. Repetition of a consonant sound within two or more words in close proximity. A) Onomatopoeia. B) Consonance. C) Assonance. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Consonance. 3. A very old form of poetry which originated in Japan is called a ..... The poem is only three lines long and it does not rhyme. The syllables are in a pattern of 5-7-5 for each line. A) Rhyme. B) Cinquain. C) Diamante. D) Haiku. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Haiku. 4. Which vocabulary word is being defined? The use of words that imitate sound? A) Alliteration. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Onomatopoeia. 5. Pattern of end rhymes in a poem or stanza A) Poetic voice. B) Image. C) Rhyme. D) Rhythm. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rhyme. 6. A word inside a line rhymes with another word on the same line. A) End Rhyme. B) Internal Rhyme. C) Rhyme Scheme. D) Rhythm. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Internal Rhyme. 7. All the meanings, associations or emotions that are attached to a word A) Denotation. B) Personification. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Connotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Connotation. 8. Which term means using a part to refer to the whole or using the material to refer to the object? A) Metaphor. B) Metonymy. C) Personification. D) Synecdoche. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Synecdoche. 9. The beat or flow of a poem A) Rhythm. B) Meter. C) Stanza. D) Verses. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rhythm. 10. Nonsense words; specifically used for an occupation A) Simile. B) Rhyme Scheme. C) Jargon. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Jargon. 11. A stanza made up of four lines is a ..... A) Tetrameter. B) Quatrain. C) Limerick. D) Refrain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Quatrain. 12. Which word is defined as "the message about life or human nature the author shares" ? A) Metaphor. B) Theme. C) Allusion. D) Denotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Theme. 13. A partial or imperfect rhyme, often using assonance or consonance only, as in dry and died or grown and moon. Also known as half rhyme, near rhyme, oblique rhyme, and slant rhyme. A) End rhyme. B) Off rhyme. C) Internal rhyme. D) Rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Off rhyme. 14. If two words ALMOST rhyme, it is called ..... A) Close rhyme. B) Near rhyme. C) Almost rhyme. D) Next rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Near rhyme. 15. Nature's first green is gold, Her hardest hue to hold. Her early leaf's a flower; But only so an hour. Then leaf subsides to leaf. So Eden sank to grief, So dawn goes down to day. Nothing gold can stay. Which statement best describes the theme of this poem? A) Change is precious and exciting. B) Change will happen, and every moment is precious. C) Change should be feared and avoided. D) Change is boring and unnoteworthy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Change will happen, and every moment is precious. 16. What the speaker feels about the subject The word is ..... A) Imagery. B) Tone. C) Speaker. D) First-person point of view. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tone. 17. The writer of a poem is called ..... /El escritor de un poema se llama ..... A) Poet. B) Illustrator. C) Author/autor. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Poet. 18. This is the use of rhyming words within a line. A) End rhyme. B) Rhyme scheme. C) Internal rhyme. D) Rhythm. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Internal rhyme. 19. A set or group of four lines, especially one having alternate rhymes A) Quatrain. B) Tercet. C) Stanza. D) Couplet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Quatrain. 20. I can't go to the game tonight due to the tons of homework my teacher assigned. A) Hyperbole. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. ← 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