This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry > Poetry Terms – Quiz 256 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 256 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A group of two or more lines in a poem linked by length, meter, rhymescheme, or thought. A) Stanza. B) Paragraph. C) Rhyming. D) Narrative. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stanza. 2. Compares 2 unlike things using like or as A) Metaphor. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Alliteration. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simile. 3. A pattern in a line consisting of one accented syllable and one unaccented syllable A) Foot. B) Rhyme. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Foot. 4. A work which imitates another in a ridiculous manner A) Parody. B) Joke. C) Anaphora. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Parody. 5. Which of the following can be described as a Japanese poem of 17 syllables, in three lines of 5-7-5, and traditionally about nature? A) Haiku. B) Ballad. C) Limerick. D) Free verse. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Haiku. 6. A comparison that gives human qualities to an object, animal, idea, or phenomenon A) Oxymoron. B) Personification. C) Idiom. D) Symbol. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 7. Poetry that does not rhyme or have rhythm A) Simile. B) Free verse. C) Alliteration. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Free verse. 8. "Benzema is on cloud nine after winning the match" is a(n) ..... A) Alliteration. B) Idiom. C) Personification. D) Literally. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Idiom. 9. Sets the pace of the poem A) Tone. B) Rhythm. C) Mood. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rhythm. 10. A comparison of 2 things using "like" or "as." A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Alliteration. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 11. Two lines of poetry that stand alone or apart from the rest of the poem. Often these two lines will rhyme and have the same meter, but not always. A) Couplet. B) Twins. C) Dynamic duo. D) Besties. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Couplet. 12. "The face of nature is flawed with omens." ~~ MEDEA A) Chiasmus. B) Alliteration. C) Repetition. D) Incremental repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 13. Which figurative device compares two seemingly unlike things? A) Metaphor. B) Allusion. C) Imagery. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 14. Consonance is the repetition of the same consonant or consonant pattern two or more times in short succession. A) Assonance. B) Consonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Consonance. 15. His new car was as fast as my dad's truck. A) Hyperbole. B) Not hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Not hyperbole. 16. What is the rhyme scheme of the poem extract 'My Phone'? A) A, a, b, b. B) A, b, c, b. C) A, b, a, b. D) A, b, c, c. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A, b, c, b. 17. Shifts in poems are similar to the climax in a story because A) Nothing else in the poem is important. B) It tells the meaning of the poem. C) It represents a new insight for the speaker. D) It reveals the speaker's true attitude. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It represents a new insight for the speaker. 18. Doesn't follow regular meterical patterns A) Free verse. B) Allusion. C) Enjambment. D) Rhythm. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Free verse. 19. The pattern of rhymes at the end of each line of a poem or song A) Alliteration. B) Rhyme scheme. C) Meter. D) Assonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rhyme scheme. 20. Rhyming that occurs at the end of lines of poetry. A) Internal rhyme. B) Off rhyme. C) End rhyme. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) End rhyme. ← 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