This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry > Poetry Terms – Quiz 275 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 275 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The arrangement of words; lines may or may not be sentences A) Form. B) Stanza. C) Symbol. D) Lines. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lines. 2. Referring to someone's house as a "shack" would have a ..... connotation. A) Positive. B) Negative. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Negative. 3. A humorous, frequently bawdy, verse of three long and two short lines rhyming. A) Stanza. B) Line. C) Limerick. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Limerick. 4. Visually descriptive A) Metaphor. B) Figurative language. C) Imagery. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Imagery. 5. Four-line stanzas, that echo the simple rhythms of church hymns. A) Quatrains. B) Slant Rhyme. C) Unconventional Figurative Language. D) Irregular Capitalization and Inverted Syntax. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Quatrains. 6. A point in the poem when it's meaning or tone turns in a new, significant way A) Tone. B) Mood. C) Shift. D) Line. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Shift. 7. Humorous A) A long narrative poem, usually chronicling the deeds of a folk hero and written using both dramatic and narrative literary techniques. B) The ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of a poem or verse. C) Short poems expressing personal feelings and emotions that may be set to music and often involve the use of regular meter. D) Poetry that aims to be amusing about both serious and frivolous subjects and often features playful themes, puns, and alliteration; also referred to as light poetry. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Poetry that aims to be amusing about both serious and frivolous subjects and often features playful themes, puns, and alliteration; also referred to as light poetry. 8. The baby was like an octopus, pulling all the socks off the rack at the store. What is the meaning of the simile above? A) The baby had 8 legs. B) The baby lives in the sea. C) The baby was pulling things off the rack so fast it seemed like it had many legs. D) The baby was sleeping. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The baby was pulling things off the rack so fast it seemed like it had many legs. 9. What figurative language gives human qualities or traits to an animal or object? A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Hyperbola. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 10. "Her heart is like gold, " is an example of what? A) Alliteration. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 11. To which of the five senses does the following sentence or phrase appeal? As I walked through the scary house, I felt something hairy crawling up my arm. A) Taste. B) Smell. C) Touch. D) Hear. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Touch. 12. A words that imitates the sound it represents A) Alliteration. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Rhyme. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Onomatopoeia. 13. What is the definition of anaphora? A) The use of something closely related for the thing actually meant. B) The repetition of a vowel sound. C) A type of refrain device, where the first word or phrase is repeated in a series of lines. D) A brief and direct reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A type of refrain device, where the first word or phrase is repeated in a series of lines. 14. A sheriff being the "good" character is an example of an ..... A) Allegory. B) Allusion. C) Theme. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Allegory. 15. Which word means a group of four lines of verse (poetry)? A) Free verse. B) Stanza. C) Quatrain. D) Acrostic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Quatrain. 16. All free verse poems rhyme A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 17. What is the correct term for the following definition? Parts of a sentence or whole sentences that are grammatically similar, often repeating a specific word, phrase, or idea. A) Imagery. B) Parallelism. C) Stanza. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Parallelism. 18. ..... is the writer's unique style of expression. A) Idiom. B) Theme. C) Rhyme. D) Voice. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Voice. 19. A literary work in which special intensity is given to the expression of feelings and ideas by the use of figurative language A) Poetry. B) Fiction. C) Nonfiction. D) Symbol. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Poetry. 20. The pattern of end rhyme between lines of a poem or song. A) Repetition. B) Rhythm. C) Rhyme. D) Rhyme Scheme. 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