This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry > Poetry Terms – Quiz 269 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 269 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which type of poetry tells a story about a hero and their adventures? A) Ballad. B) Epic. C) Elegy. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Epic. 2. A single metrical line of poetry, or poetry in general (as opposed to prose). A) Simile. B) Stanza. C) Verse. D) Couplet. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Verse. 3. Double meter A) A line of verse consisting of eight metrical feet. B) A metaphor that extends throught the work. C) Poems that have a set number of lines, rhymes, and/or metrical arrangements per line. D) Basic metrical pattern of two beats to a measure. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Basic metrical pattern of two beats to a measure. 4. A row of words, not necessarily a complete sentence or thought A) Acrostic. B) Stanza. C) Couplet. D) Line. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Line. 5. When a person, place, or thing that has a deeper meaning than it's literal meaning A) Symbolism. B) Mood. C) Tone. D) Stanza. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Symbolism. 6. Words of phrases that appeal to the five senses A) Onomatopoeia. B) Alliteration. C) Symbolism. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Imagery. 7. Pattern that rhyming words follow (Ex. ABAB) A) Rhyme scheme. B) Repetition. C) Stanza. D) Structure. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rhyme scheme. 8. To break up the rhythm of a poem, an author can use a A) Enjambment. B) Cutting. C) Paradox. D) Cliche. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cutting. 9. A stanza that has two lines. A) Couplet. B) Tercet. C) Quatrain. D) Octave. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Couplet. 10. She was fairly certain that life was a fashion show. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Alliteration. E) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 11. A Group of two or more lines that form a unit in a poem, similar to a paragraph in prose writing. A) Line. B) Stanza. C) Rhyme. D) A-B Pattern. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stanza. 12. A repetition of end sounds in words is A) Alliteration. B) Rhythm. C) Metaphor. D) Rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rhyme. 13. The message of The Three Little Pigs is that hard work always pays off. This is called the ..... of the story. A) Symbol. B) Theme. C) Plot. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Theme. 14. Comparing two things without using like or as A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 15. What type of poetry is this:An open form of poetry. It does not use consistent meter patterns, rhyme, or any other musical pattern.? A) Haiku. B) Free verse. C) Ballad. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Free verse. 16. You can hear me, but you're not listening to me. A) Paradox. B) Synecdoche. C) Litotes. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Paradox. 17. Iambic pentameter lines rhymed in pairs A) Heroic couplet. B) Tragic flaw. C) Monologue. D) Soliloquy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Heroic couplet. 18. The pattern of rhyming in a poem; to describe the pattern, each line is assigned a letter, and lines that rhyme are given the same letter, e.g., abab A) Stanza. B) Rhyme scheme. C) Symbol. D) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rhyme scheme. 19. A regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in each line of a poem A) Meter. B) Structure. C) Verse. D) Chiasmus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Meter. 20. Author of a poem A) Author. B) Writer. C) Poet. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Poet. ← 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