This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry > Poetry Terms – Quiz 244 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 244 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the narrator of a poem called? A) Author. B) Speaker. C) Narrator. D) Main character. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Speaker. 2. Fire Snaps, Crackles & Pops Doug Allen's family groaned when he made a corny joke during a marshmallow roast on Saturday night. "This fire sounds like my cereal, " Mr. Allen offered. After no one showed any curiosity, Mr. Allen finished the joke by noting that the fire snapped, crackled, and popped. To make things even worse, Mr. Allen asked his family if they got the joke when the punch line failed to produce a laugh. What type of figurative language is used? A) Simile. B) Personification. C) Hyperbole. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Onomatopoeia. 3. This is an example of:The crickets were chirping, the stars were shining and the air was filled with the smell of a campfire, s'mores and the pop corn was popping. A) Ono Montopia. B) Paradox. C) Personification. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Imagery. 4. When reading a poem you should take a breath at the end of each line A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 5. Consonance is the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words in a line of poetry. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 6. Which couplet shows an AABB pattern A) There was a man, A tall, tall man. B) Sam loved to eatStrawberry jam. C) Among the rainand lights. D) The sun is shining brightThis is a lovely sight. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The sun is shining brightThis is a lovely sight. 7. When most words in a phrase have the same consonant sound is repeated at the beginning of the word A) Simile. B) Hyperbole. C) Alliteration. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 8. What is the correct spelling of the word that means descriptions that appeal to the five senses. A) Imagry. B) Imagery. C) Image. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Imagery. 9. He passed away A) Idiom. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Parallelism. D) Euphemism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Euphemism. 10. "The Highwayman" is an example of a A) Ballad. B) Lyrical. C) Narrative. D) Free verse. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ballad. 11. A group of lines in a poem are called a ..... A) Stanza. B) Enjambment. C) Couplet. D) Meter. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stanza. 12. What is the correct spelling of the word that means a humorous, rhyming five line poems with a specific rhyme pattern and rhyme scheme. A) Limerick. B) Limerick. C) Limerick. D) Limerick. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Limerick. 13. "The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere" is an example of A) Repetition. B) Sonnet. C) Narrative Poem. D) Tragedy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Narrative Poem. 14. When a person, place, thing or event has meaning in itself and also represents, or stands for something else A) Idiom. B) Symbolism. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Symbolism. 15. When there are five feet in a poem's rhythmic meter A) Meter. B) Measure. C) Pentameter. D) Foot. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pentameter. 16. What is a sound device characterized by the repetition of consonant sounds? A) Alphabetic. B) Assonance. C) Consonance. D) Sonnet. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Consonance. 17. A word, phrase, or sentence that reads the same backward and forward. The words "civic" and "level" are palindromes, as is the phrase "A man, a plan, a canal-Panama." The reversal can be word by word as well, as in "fall leaves when leaves fall." A) Palindrome. B) Paradox. C) Personification. D) Poetic license. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Palindrome. 18. Which poetry term can be found in the following example? Why are teddy bears never hungry? They are always stuffed! A) Alliteration. B) Assonance. C) Pun. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pun. 19. The central idea, topic, or didactic quality of a work A) Theme. B) Tone. C) Verse. D) Metrical Verse. E) Blank Verse. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Theme. 20. ..... is a brief and direct reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance. It does not describe or explain the person or thing to which it refers. A) Allusion. B) Juxtaposition. C) Pun. D) Inversion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Allusion. ← 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