This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry > Poetry Terms – Quiz 28 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 28 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A comparison between two unlike things where one thing is similar to another is called?For example, "Life is like a box of chocolates" A) Personification. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Stanza. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 2. When the first sound of a word is repeated in one line of a poem A) Alliteration. B) Hyperbole. C) Personification. D) Rhyme Scheme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 3. What type of figurative language is this statement:This bag weighs a ton. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 4. A recognizable pattern of stressed syllables alternating with syllables of less stress A) Structure. B) Style. C) Free verse. D) Meter. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Meter. 5. A repetition of the same/similar sounds at the ends of lines are ..... A) Stanza. B) Rhythm. C) Rhyme. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rhyme. 6. Sounds for a soft, smooth, pleasant effect A) Refrain. B) Euphony. C) Cacophony. D) Anaphora. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Euphony. 7. The poem is about a chicken who doesn't want to hatch A) Theme. B) Main Idea. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Main Idea. 8. The pattern of rhyme in a poem A) Rhyme scheme. B) Meter. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rhyme scheme. 9. Simile or Metaphor? He spit out his teeth like stones. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 10. Which of these is not an example of figurative language? A) Consonance. B) Understatement. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Accent. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Accent. 11. Repetition of a vowel sound at the beginning of words used closely to one another A) Repetition. B) Assonance. C) Consonance. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Assonance. 12. "The snow was a white blanket over the yard" is an example of what? A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Alliteration. D) Consonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 13. The distinctive way the words are arranged on the page A) Form. B) Structure. C) Poem. D) Paragraphs. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Form. 14. A basic unit of a line of poetry, usually comprised of two syllables, is called this: A) Foot. B) Meter. C) Syllabus. D) A little. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Foot. 15. A metaphor that last more than a few lines and keeps being expanded on. A) Lengthy metaphor. B) Extended metaphor. C) Obnoxious metaphor. D) Marathon metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Extended metaphor. 16. "One of the fish took fire / and burned in the basket with a high flame" ~~ as the fish represents the princess in MEDEA A) Imagery. B) Symbol. C) Allusion. D) Antithesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Symbol. 17. Repetition of VOWEL SOUNDS at the BEGINNING, MIDDLE or END of at least two words in a line of poetry. A) Consonance. B) Assonance. C) Alliteration. D) Rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Assonance. 18. This type of narrative poetry was originally meant to be sung or recited. A) Ode. B) Villanelles. C) Haiku. D) Ballad. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ballad. 19. Combination of two poems with alternating lines, usually involving a comparison or conversation A) Couplet. B) Two-voice poem. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Two-voice poem. 20. Couplet-two lines; triplet-three line; quatrain-four lines; cinquain-five lines A) Stanza. B) Simile. C) External rhyme. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stanza. ← 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