This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry > Poetry Terms – Quiz 22 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 22 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Repetition of word endings A) Consonance. B) Anaphora. C) Alliteration. D) Assonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Assonance. 2. When a word or phrase is repeated just once or in one specific area of the poem A) Rhyme. B) Meter. C) Refrain. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Repetition. 3. Which of the following is an example of a metaphor? A) "Just like fire, burning out the wayIf I can light the world up for just one day". B) "I'm the sunshine in your hairI'm the shadow on the ground". C) "Ex's and the oh, oh, oh's they haunt meLike ghosts they want me to make 'em all". D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "I'm the sunshine in your hairI'm the shadow on the ground". 4. A line of poetry that is not rhymed and has no consistent metrical pattern A) Blank verse. B) Free verse. C) Rising meter. D) Metric line. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Free verse. 5. "Walk a mile in his shoes" is an example of an overused expression. What are those called? A) Welcome to Chili's. B) Red Hot Chile Peppers. C) Chile. D) Cliche. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cliche. 6. To be considered a stanza, there must be ..... or more lines. A) 2. B) 3. C) 5. D) 1. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 3. 7. Denotation A) The actual dictionary definition of a word. B) The emotional associations created by a word that goes beyond the dictionary meaning. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The actual dictionary definition of a word. 8. A structured five-line poem. It follows a pattern of 5 lines constructed of either syllables or words. A) Acrostic. B) Cinquain. C) Sonnet. D) Ballad. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cinquain. 9. A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things using like or as. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 10. Use like or as to compare two unlike things and show similarities between the two A) Smiley. B) Metaphors. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Narrative. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Smiley. 11. What type of poem has five lines with a AABBA rhyme scheme? These are usually humorous. A) Sonnet. B) Limerick. C) Ode. D) Narrative. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Limerick. 12. The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of consecutive lines or sentences A) Anaphora. B) Couplet. C) Refrain. D) Apostrophe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anaphora. 13. This is an example of what poetry term? This loaf's big with its yeasty rising.Money's new-minted in this fat purse.I'm a means, a stage, a cow in calf. A) Simile. B) Idiom. C) Metaphor. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 14. Words and phrases that appeal to the reader's senses. A) Tensionality. B) Symbol. C) Imagery. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Imagery. 15. "Conscience is a man's compass." -Vincent Van Gogh A) Simile. B) Alliteration. C) Metaphor. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 16. Phrases that appeal to the five senses A) Imagery. B) Hyperbole. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imagery. 17. Where a non-human object or idea is provided with human characteristics A) Allusion. B) Hyperbole. C) Theme. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 18. An obvious and deliberate exaggeration (to emphasize something or for humorous purposes). A) Hyperbole. B) Denotation. C) Theme. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 19. Hexameter A) A line that ends with a stressed syllable. B) A four-line stanza in iambic meter in which the first and third unrhymed lines have four metrical feet and the second and fourth rhyming lines have three metrical feet. C) A three-line stanza rhymed aba, bcb, cdc, etc. D) A line of verse consisting of six metrical feet, especially of six dactyls. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A line of verse consisting of six metrical feet, especially of six dactyls. 20. Poetry that tells a story A) Free verse. B) Haiku. C) Narrative. D) Lyrical. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Narrative. ← 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