This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry > Poetry Terms – Quiz 233 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 233 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Octosyllable A) Stanza of 8 lines. B) Stanza of 5 lines. C) Line consisting of 5 metrical feet. D) Line consisting of 8 syllables. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Line consisting of 8 syllables. 2. What is songlike, tells a story, has rhythm and refrains A) Ballad. B) Free Verse. C) Rhyme. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ballad. 3. Using the same sound, word, phrase, or line over and over A) Rhyme. B) Repetition. C) Rhyme scheme. D) Stanza. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Repetition. 4. A form of Japanese poetry in which 17 syllables are arranged in three lines of 5, 7, and 5 syllables. Often the theme of these poems revolves around nature and meditation. A) Ode. B) Limerick. C) Haiku. D) Free Verse. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Haiku. 5. Dialogue is ..... A) A conversation between two or more people in a book, play, or movie. B) Something attractive or interesting. C) The pattern of the beat of the poem (you can clap your hands to it). D) A poem that tells a story. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A conversation between two or more people in a book, play, or movie. 6. Person, place, thing, or event that stands for itself and for something beyond itself A) Mood. B) Symbol. C) Theme. D) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Symbol. 7. I'm dying to see that movie. A) I can wait a little longer. B) I don't want to see the movie. C) I'm excited about seeing the movie. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I'm excited about seeing the movie. 8. Words or phrases that sound like the things they refer to A) Rhyme. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Image. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Onomatopoeia. 9. Pick the Metaphor A) "O my Luve is like a red, red roseThat's newly sprung in June;"(From "A Red, Red Rose" by Robert Burns). B) "Talked my head offWorked my tail offCried my eyes out"(Shel Silverstein). C) "The light was creeping on the ground; she crept and did not make a sound" (James Stephens). D) "All the world's a stage, And all the men and women are merely players;" (From "As You Like It" by William Shakespeare). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) "All the world's a stage, And all the men and women are merely players;" (From "As You Like It" by William Shakespeare). 10. Words that help you see. A) Visual Imagery. B) Rhyming words. C) Auditory Imagery. D) Sound Words. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Visual Imagery. 11. Three dudes so cool working at school. A) Personification. B) Rhythm. C) Rhyme. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rhyme. 12. An over the top exaggeration A) Hyperbole. B) Alliteration. C) Stanza. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 13. Giving some non-human thing qualities of a human is ..... A) Metaphor. B) Hyperbole. C) Personification. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 14. A comparison using like or as.For example:she was as quiet as a mouse. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Quatrain. D) Stanza. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 15. Literal language is ..... A) When you say the opposite of what you mean. B) When you say exactly what you mean. C) When you say something other than what you mean. D) A type of figurative language. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) When you say exactly what you mean. 16. The difference between what is expected to happen and what actually happens A) Dialect. B) Suspense. C) Irony. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Irony. 17. Four line poems that rhyme. A) Mood. B) Rhyme. C) Quatrain. D) Lyric Poems. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Quatrain. 18. A haiku is a A) 17 syllable poem about nature. B) 10 word poem about technology. C) Poem that has no rules. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 17 syllable poem about nature. 19. Which word means "literary elements or techniques a poet uses to reinforce ideas and overall meaning in a poem" ? A) Syntax. B) Poetic devices. C) Villanelles. D) Trochee. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Poetic devices. 20. A poet's attitude toward the subject of the poem A) Mood. B) Tone. C) Style. D) Speaker. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tone. ← 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