This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry > Poetry Terms – Quiz 294 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 294 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. This word describes a strong, regular, repeated pattern of movement or sound in a poem-the "beat." A) Line. B) Stanza. C) Song. D) Rhythm. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rhythm. 2. This is when you read a poem and put its meaning into your own words A) Interpretation. B) Symbolism. C) Poetic licenses. D) Paraphrasing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Paraphrasing. 3. Popular sayings that cannot be understood on their own. A) Adage. B) Idiom. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Idiom. 4. One single line of text in a poem. A) Stanza. B) Line. C) Paragraph. D) Sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Line. 5. The use of a symbol to represent something other than itself Creates a mood or strong feelings to help the reader understand A) Rhythm. B) Imagery. C) Symbolism. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Symbolism. 6. A figure of speech in which a nonhuman subject is given human characteristics A) Personification (Personification). B) Naming. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification (Personification). 7. "I ask them to take a poem."What poetic term is being shown here? A) Speaker. B) Personification. C) Simile. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Speaker. 8. What type of figurative language is shown? She is so smart. She is a walking dictionary. A) Metaphor. B) Oxymoron. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 9. What is an ode? A) A lyric poem marked by serious, respectful, and exalted feelings towards the subject. B) A narrative poem. C) An epic poem about a hero. D) A type of rhyme scheme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A lyric poem marked by serious, respectful, and exalted feelings towards the subject. 10. Using like or as. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Meter. D) Rhyme Scheme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 11. End-stopped line A) A statement that seems contradictory but is actually true. B) A phrase used to encourage someone to make the most of the present, rather than the looking to the past or future. C) The repetition of the accented vowel sound and all succeeding sounds. D) A line of poetry that ends with a punctuation mark. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A line of poetry that ends with a punctuation mark. 12. A particular grouping of lines in a poem-also called a verse. A) Alliteration. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Stanza. D) Mood. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stanza. 13. A form of poetry that tells a story and has a setting, characters, and a plot A) Ode. B) Narrative poem. C) Rhyme. D) Haiku. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Narrative poem. 14. In poetry, a STANZA is ..... A) When words rhyme in a poem. B) Groups of lines separated by breaks. C) A specific type of poem. D) When a poem is so amazing that it makes you want to stand up after you read it. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Groups of lines separated by breaks. 15. Which of the following terms means: "A group of consecutive lines that forms a single unit. A poetic paragraph." A) Line. B) Stanza. C) Paragraph. D) Symbol. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stanza. 16. Which poetry term can be found in the following example? Lovely Linda likes lazy lizards. A) Alliteration. B) Assonance. C) Pun. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 17. The narrator of a poem (character/person telling the poem; not always the author). A) Speaker. B) POV. C) Metaphor. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Speaker. 18. Rhyme that does not match exactly (love/prove) A) End rhyme. B) Internal rhyme. C) Slant rhyme. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Slant rhyme. 19. Specific arrangement of a poem that includes lines and stanzas A) Onomatopoeia. B) Foot/feet. C) Idiom. D) Structure. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Structure. 20. A person, place, thing, or event that stands for itself and for something beyond itself as well. A) Personification. B) Metaphor. C) Symbolism. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Symbolism. ← 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