This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry > Poetry Terms – Quiz 207 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 207 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two things without using words such as "like" or "as" A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 2. What are humorous, rhyming, 5-line poems with a specific rhythm and rhyme scheme? A) Limerick. B) Diamante. C) Sonnet. D) Haiku. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Limerick. 3. Compares two things without using "like" or "as" A) Hyperbole. B) Simile. C) Imagery. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metaphor. 4. What is the rhyme scheme for a limerick? A) THE FATHER. B) ABABA. C) ABCAB. D) It is free verse. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) THE FATHER. 5. The person who is telling/delivering the poem; like the narrator (NOT the same as the poet/author) A) Stanza. B) Speaker. C) Personification. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Speaker. 6. AA BB AA CC is an example of A) The poetic alphabet. B) Rhyme scheme. C) Words that rhyme. D) Refrain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rhyme scheme. 7. Use of a sound, word or phrase more than once A) Rhyme. B) Repetition. C) Alliteration. D) Refrain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Repetition. 8. Buzz, Moo, Hiss, Boo A) Alliteration. B) Rhyme. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Mataphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Onomatopoeia. 9. The use of words that sound like what they mean, such as "hiss, " "buzz, " "slam, " and "boom." A) Onomatopoeia. B) Personification. C) Metaphor. D) Rhyme Scheme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Onomatopoeia. 10. What is a cinquain poem? A) A 5-line stanza with the following pattern of syllables:2, 4, 6, 8, 2. B) A 3-line stanza usually about nature. C) A poem without a set pattern or rhyme. D) A poem that tells a story. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A 5-line stanza with the following pattern of syllables:2, 4, 6, 8, 2. 11. "silken, sad, uncertain, rustling ..... " A) Alliteration. B) Consonance. C) Assonance. D) Rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Consonance. 12. There are 14 lines in both Shakespearean and Italian Sonnets A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 13. The repetition of sounds in words that appear close to each other in a poem. A) Onomatopoeia. B) Rhyme. C) Simile. D) Rhyme Scheme. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rhyme. 14. This sentence appeals to which sense:The concert was so loud that her ears rang for days afterward. A) Sound. B) Sight. C) Smell. D) Touch. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sound. 15. ..... is the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of two or more words. A) Repetition. B) Alliteration. C) Figurative Language. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 16. ..... are comparisons using "like" or "as" . For example:The day was as cold as a wet blanket. A) Similes. B) Metaphors. C) Acrostics. D) Repetitions. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Similes. 17. This school is an asylum. A) Personification. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 18. The literary device which uses words that imitate the sound they are naming is known as ..... A) Personification. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Hyperbole. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Onomatopoeia. 19. A figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction A) Oxymoron. B) Alliteration. C) Assonance. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oxymoron. 20. A poem's beauty created through its construction, words, and message is its: A) Social value. B) Cultural value. C) Aesthetic value. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Aesthetic value. ← 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