This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry > Poetry Terms – Quiz 229 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 229 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is a word that suggests the action or sound it names (like buzz, moo, or boom) A) Assonance. B) Alliteration. C) Meter. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 2. The pattern of syllables in a poem that lead to it's "song like quality" A) Rhyme. B) Rhythm. C) Repetition. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rhythm. 3. "I'm so hungry I could eat a horse" is an example of A) Repetition. B) Sensory Detail. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hyperbole. 4. A theme of a literary text is- A) The main idea. B) The plot elements. C) The life lesson or central message. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The life lesson or central message. 5. Does not follow regular metrical patterns; however includes rhythmic elements that are often created through the combinations of word sounds A) Meter. B) Iambic pentameter. C) End rhyme. D) Free verse. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Free verse. 6. The way a poem is organized to help create rhythm. A) Stanza. B) Structure. C) Poem. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Structure. 7. The way a poem is laid out on the page is called A) Stanza. B) Paragraph. C) Sentences. D) Form. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Form. 8. ..... is the repetition of consonant sounds in words that are close together. Example:Dad dropped the donuts. A) Idiom. B) Hyperbole. C) Metaphor. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alliteration. 9. Uses words with similar but not exact end sounds A) Slant rhyme. B) Internal rhyme. C) End rhyme. D) Free verse. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Slant rhyme. 10. ..... is the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named. A) Personification. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Onomatopoeia. 11. The repetition of a single letter in the alphabet or a combination of letters A) Onomatopoeia. B) Hyperbole. C) Alliteration. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 12. Pick the type of rhyme: "I think that I shall never see / A poem as lovely as a tree" -Joyce Kilmer A) Internal rhyme. B) End rhyme. C) Assonance. D) Consonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) End rhyme. 13. Repeating a word or line over and over A) Summarizing. B) Repetition. C) Symbolism. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Repetition. 14. If I choose to use the word "chubby" instead of "fat" when describing a baby, I'm considering the word's ..... A) Denotation. B) Connotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Connotation. 15. How the speaker feels about the subject or another character in a poem A) Tone. B) Mood. C) Sensory imagery. D) Cutting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tone. 16. A word or line that is repeated in a poem to create a certain effect A) Refrain. B) Rhyme. C) Alliteration. D) Meter. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Refrain. 17. A two line poem is called a ..... A) Couplet. B) Tercet. C) Quatrain. D) Octave. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Couplet. 18. What is the definition of metaphor in poetry? A) A metaphor in poetry is a type of rhyme scheme. B) A metaphor in poetry is a form of alliteration. C) A metaphor in poetry is a figure of speech that compares two unrelated things by stating that one thing is another thing, without using the words 'like' or 'as'. D) A metaphor in poetry is a type of onomatopoeia. tagsCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.9-10.5. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A metaphor in poetry is a figure of speech that compares two unrelated things by stating that one thing is another thing, without using the words 'like' or 'as'. 19. Your voices matter, your dreams matter, your lives matter. Be the roses that grow in the concrete. (from The Hate U Give) A) Hyperbole. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 20. The use of any element of language more than once A) Repetition. B) Assonance. C) Consonance. D) Meter. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Repetition. ← 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