This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry > Poetry Terms – Quiz 238 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 238 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which term below refers to the feelings and associations created by a word? A) Synonym. B) Denotation. C) Connotation. D) Acronym. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Connotation. 2. Ordinary form of spoken or written language without metrical structure (stories, articles, novels) A) Prose. B) Diction. C) Tone. D) Poetry. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Prose. 3. The sound of the language. Saying something in a way so as to make the poem more effective and to make more impact. A) Mood. B) Meter. C) Figurative Language. D) Central Idea. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Figurative Language. 4. A stanza that has three lines. A) Couplet. B) Tercet. C) Quatrain. D) Octave. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tercet. 5. Becky's beagle barked and bayed, becoming bothersome for Billy. A) Alliteration. B) Assonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 6. An assertion of the truth of something, typically one that is disputed or in doubt A) Diffuse. B) Claim. C) Argument. D) Blatant. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Claim. 7. A group of lines that make up a paragraph in a poem. A) Repetition. B) Story. C) Paragraph. D) Stanza. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Stanza. 8. The voice that narrates the poem A) Author. B) Personification. C) First Person. D) Speaker. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Speaker. 9. 14 line poems in which each line is 10 syllables with a paricular rhyme scheme A) Imagery. B) Sonnet. C) Free verse. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sonnet. 10. Giving human like characteristics to nonhuman objects. A) Personification. B) Hyperbole. C) Tone. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 11. To which of the five senses does the following sentence or phrase appeal? The sweet, juicy strawberries reminded me of my childhood. A) Taste. B) Hear. C) Smell. D) Touch. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Taste. 12. A word's "dictionary definition" rather than its associated emotion or definition. A) Personification. B) Connotation. C) Denotation. D) Diction. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Denotation. 13. Which word has a neutral connotation? A) Mansion. B) Residence. C) Shack. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Residence. 14. An exaggerated statement A) Diction. B) Understatement. C) Overstatement. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Overstatement. 15. A group of lines in a poem or song that constitutes a division (like a paragraph) A) Speaker. B) Meter. C) Stanza. D) Couplet. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stanza. 16. Repetitions of consonant sounds anywhere in the word. A) Allusion. B) Assonance. C) Consonance. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Consonance. 17. What is the definition of onomatopoeia in poetry? A) The use of words that imitate the sounds they describe. B) The use of words that rhyme with each other. C) The use of words that have multiple meanings. D) The use of words that are spelled the same but have different meanings. tagsCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.9-10.5. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The use of words that imitate the sounds they describe. 18. A humorous 5 line poem. A) Limerick. B) Haiku. C) Refrain. D) Cinquain. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Limerick. 19. An exaggeration. A statement that something has either much more or much less of a quality than it truly has. A) Figurative language. B) Hyperbole. C) Symbolism. D) Synecdoche. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 20. Read the following text:"The smell of the pine trees deep in the fall forest were likean earthy perfume that you could not imagine! The trickling stream, the smell of fall, and the sounds of a million yellow leaves falling gently on the windmade such a lovely afternoon."What poetic device (element of poetry) is this? A) Imagery. B) Rhythm. C) Rhyme. D) Line break. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imagery. ← 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