This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry > Poetry Terms – Quiz 249 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 249 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What kind of poem is the following example from Crossover? "Hustle digGrind pushRun fastChange pivotChase pullAim shootWork smartLive smarterPlay hard Practice harder." A) Ode. B) Play-by-Play. C) Text. D) Description. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Text. 2. Rhymes that appear within lines A) Internal rhyme. B) Lyric. C) Meter. D) End rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Internal rhyme. 3. What is the definition of allusion? A) The use of something closely related for the thing actually meant. B) A comparison between two things that does not use any helping words. C) The repetition of vowel sounds. D) A brief and direct reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A brief and direct reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance. 4. The arrangement of words into phrases, clauses, and sentences in a passage. This includes word order, length, and structure of sentences A) Scansion. B) Meter. C) Syntax. D) Speaker. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Syntax. 5. A comparison of two unlike things. A) Simile. B) Assonance. C) Metaphor. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 6. A comparison between two objects with the intent of giving clearer meaning to one of them without using the words "like" or "as" to compare the two objects. A) Similarly. B) Metaphor. C) Comparison. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 7. What is a MAIN difference between poetry and prose? A) Poetry is straightforward and prose is more artistic way. B) Prose rhymes all the time and poetry doesn't. C) Poetry is in line format and prose is in paragraph format. D) Prose is in line format and poetry is in paragraph format. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Poetry is in line format and prose is in paragraph format. 8. A major form of Japanese verse, written in 17 syllables divided into 3 lines of 5, 7, and 5 syllables, and employing highly evocative allusions and comparisons A) Haiku. B) Ballad. C) Limerick. D) Syllable. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Haiku. 9. A saying that has been proven true over time A) Adage. B) Idiom. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adage. 10. The pattern of rhyme between lines of a poem/song/piece of work that is represented by letters of the alphabet (ex:ABAB CDCD EE) is the poem's A) Rhyme scheme. B) End rhyme. C) Slant rhyme. D) Sight rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rhyme scheme. 11. Is this sentence a symbol or imagery?The putrid rise of garbage stench filled the air? A) Symbol. B) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Imagery. 12. A ..... is a short poem/stanza containing four lines while a ..... is a short poem/stanza containing five lines. A) Cinquain; quatrain. B) Quatrain; cinquain. C) Verse; cinquain. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Quatrain; cinquain. 13. What is the definition of the term:Consonance? A) The repetition of final consonant sounds in stressed syllables with different vowel sounds (hat and sit). B) The use of words that imitate sounds (Whirr). C) The repetition of initial consonant sounds. D) The repetition of vowel sounds followed by different consonants in two or more stressed syllables. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The repetition of final consonant sounds in stressed syllables with different vowel sounds (hat and sit). 14. Comparing unlike things without using comparative words A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Denotation. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 15. This is the number of beats per line. A) Stanza. B) Line. C) Meter. D) Rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Meter. 16. Identify the rhyme scheme of this poem:The Sun now rose upon the right; Out of the sea came he, Still hid in mist, and on the left Went down into the sea. A) A-b-a-b. B) A-a-b-b. C) A-b-c-b. D) A-b-c-d. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A-b-c-b. 17. Which example below is an example of a juxtaposition? A) Beggars can't be choosers. B) Happy sad. C) On the surface of things whales are always blowing it. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Beggars can't be choosers. 18. When rhyming words come at the end of lines. This is the most common type of poetic rhyme. A) End Rhyme. B) Lyric Poetry. C) Repetition. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) End Rhyme. 19. The author's message or insight about the topic A) Imagery. B) Topic. C) Theme. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Theme. 20. What is the author's attitude in a poem called? A) Tone. B) Mood. C) Alliteration. D) Poetry. 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