This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry > Poetry Terms – Quiz 299 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 299 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. This kind of verse follows fixed, established patterns A) Ballad. B) Formal verse. C) Sonnet. D) Concrete poem. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Formal verse. 2. Sometimes poems have a rhythm ..... a heartbeat. Some syllables are stressed, others are unstressed. This is called the poem's what? A) Stanza. B) Rhyme. C) Repetition. D) Meter. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Meter. 3. The attitude the writer takes toward his/her subject. A) Theme. B) Point of View. C) Tone. D) Rhyme Scheme. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tone. 4. ..... are places where the lines of poetry end to add emphasis to certain words or phrases A) Line breaks. B) Stanza. C) Form. D) Free verse. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Line breaks. 5. Sonnets have how many lines A) 8. B) 10. C) 12. D) 14. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 14. 6. Which of the following poemsBEST describes an outline poem? A) A poem about dogs. B) A poem in the shape of a poem. C) A pumpkin poem in the shape of a pumpkin. D) A love poem in the shape of stanzas. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A pumpkin poem in the shape of a pumpkin. 7. Where a poet chooses to stop a line and start a new one A) Poetic voice. B) End rhyme. C) Lineation. D) Structure. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lineation. 8. What type of figurative language is the following example?The color red represents danger and fear. A) Metaphor. B) Theme. C) Alliteration. D) Symbol. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Symbol. 9. The use of words to create pictures that appeal to the five senses or inner thoughts and emotions, is an example of A) Personification. B) Imagery. C) Allusion. D) Symbolism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Imagery. 10. 3 unrhymed lines (5, 7, 5) usually focusing on nature. A) Limerick. B) Haiku. C) Lyric poem. D) Narrative poem. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Haiku. 11. Using a dash in poetry is a form of punctuation that A) Indicates that anticipation of something. B) Ends a thought and creates dramatic effect. C) Marks a pause, may build on or clarify something, or add emphasis. D) Substitutes a semi-colon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Marks a pause, may build on or clarify something, or add emphasis. 12. "The sunlight kissed her head as the gentle breeze whispered in her ear." This is an example of ..... A) Rhythm. B) Structure. C) Style. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 13. Something that represents something else by resembling it, or association with it, especially a material object used to represent something invisible. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Symbol. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Symbol. 14. A sonnet is a possible option on the poetry portfolio CA1 students will complete in December. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 15. What is an onomatpoeia? A) An exaggeration. B) Sound words. C) Rhyming words. D) A form of imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sound words. 16. The use of any element of language ..... a sound, a word, a phrase, a line, or a stanza ..... more than once. A) Rhyme. B) Repetition. C) Enjambment. D) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Repetition. 17. A noun denoting an idea, quality, or state rather than a concrete object, e.g. truth, danger, happiness. A) Cesura. B) Metaphor. C) Concrete noun. D) Abstract noun. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Abstract noun. 18. A section of a poem; consists of a line or group of lines A) Excerpt. B) Rhyme scheme. C) Tone. D) Stanza. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Stanza. 19. This is a comparison of two tings without using the words "like" or "as" . A) Simile. B) Imagry. C) Metaphor. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 20. Comparison of unlike things WITHOUT using like or as A) Analogy. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. ← 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