This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry > Poetry Terms – Quiz 255 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 255 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of these contribute to the "shape" of the poem? A) Sound devices. B) Graphic elements. C) Alliterations. D) Rhyme schemes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Graphic elements. 2. I bolted out the door like a horse leaving the gate for a race A) Personification. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 3. A synonym of the word "appealing" is ..... A) Interesting. B) Ugly. C) No. D) Rhythm. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Interesting. 4. What type of figurative language is shown?She was so sad that all the tears she cried filled up a lake. A) Hyperbole. B) Personification. C) Alliteration. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 5. To end in the same sounds EX:cupcake/mistake A) Rhythm (ritmo). B) Rhyme (rima). Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rhyme (rima). 6. A quintet has..... lines. A) 2. B) 3. C) 4. D) 5. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 5. 7. What uses like or as to compare two apparently unlike things? A) Metaphor. B) Hyperbole. C) Simile. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 8. What is free verse? A) A poem that rhymes. B) A poem that doesn't rhyme. C) A poem with rhythm. D) A poem that is in the shape of what it is about. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A poem that doesn't rhyme. 9. Sensory images A) Pattern of rhyme in a stanza or poem. B) The use of language to create mental images and sensory impressions. C) Comparison using like or as. D) An extreme exaggeration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The use of language to create mental images and sensory impressions. 10. Compares 2 unlike things without using the words like or as A) Punctuation. B) Rhyme. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metaphor. 11. The use of words that sound like their meanings such as buzz and boom A) Personification (personification). B) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Onomatopoeia. 12. An overtly exaggerated statement or claim A) Simile. B) Personification. C) Hyperbole. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 13. The repetition of vowel sounds in words that don't end with the same consonant such as "it beats ..... as it sweeps ..... as it cleans" is an example of A) Assonance. B) Consonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Assonance. 14. "The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words" is a definition of: A) Personification. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Alliteration. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 15. Which of the following types of poems stress emotion and song? A) Epic. B) Narrative. C) Epigram. D) Lyric. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lyric. 16. An example of hyperbole: A) Dark black. B) The prettiest girl in the whole world. C) 5 feet 6 inches tall. D) Hundreds of people gathered. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The prettiest girl in the whole world. 17. ..... is an expression whose overall meaning differs from the meaning of individual wordsExample:It's raining cats and dogs! A) Hyperbole. B) Alliteration. C) Idiom. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Idiom. 18. Limericks A) Humorous, rhyming, 5-line poems with a specific rhythm pattern and rhyme scheme. B) Pairs of rhyming lines, usually the same meter and lenth. C) A 3-lined Japanese verse form. D) Poetry that is defined by its lack of strict structure. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Humorous, rhyming, 5-line poems with a specific rhythm pattern and rhyme scheme. 19. A word, line or phrase that is repeated within the lines or stanzas of the poem itself. A) Verse. B) Refrain. C) Couplet. D) Quatrain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Refrain. 20. "Chips and Dip", "Goodnight, Sleep Tight" and "See you later, Alligator" are examples of A) Having nothing useful to say. B) Alliteration. C) Assonance. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Assonance. ← 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