This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry > Poetry Terms – Quiz 300 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 300 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. It'scold ..... and I wait Forsomeone to shelter me Andtake me from here. This is an example of a ..... poem. A) Narrative. B) Haiku. C) Ode. D) Limerick. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Haiku. 2. Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Pickled Peppers. What is this an example of? A) Alliteration. B) Metaphor. C) Figurative Language. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 3. A lengthy poem about the extraordinary adventures of extraordinary men & women. A) Narrative. B) Lyric. C) Epic. D) Stoic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Epic. 4. To make something seem larger or more important than it really is; an exaggeration A) Simile. B) Alliteration. C) Repetition. D) Onomatopoeia. E) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Hyperbole. 5. Author or writer of a poem A) Author. B) Illustrator. C) Poet. D) Narrator. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Poet. 6. An ode has to have a specific rhyme scheme. A) Only when it is longer than three stanzas. B) Yes. C) It can. D) No. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) No. 7. What is "an implied comparison not using like or as" (is, were, was)? A) Tone. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Lyric. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 8. If you have "butterflies in your stomach" this means you are ..... A) Happy. B) Tired. C) Nervous. D) Hungry. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nervous. 9. A word, phrase, or sound may be repeated A) Repetition. B) Rhyme. C) Stanza. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Repetition. 10. What does it mean to give someone "the cold shoulder" ? A) To throw a snowball. B) To not wear a coat. C) To ignore them. D) To be happy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To ignore them. 11. Seven A) Foot consisting of 2 stressed syllables. B) Stanza of 7 lines. C) Stanza of 6 lines. D) Foot consisting of a stress followed by an unstressed syllable. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stanza of 7 lines. 12. Which connotation is MORE positive?We saw ..... animals at the zoo. A) Interesting. B) Weird. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Interesting. 13. The vowel and ending consonant have similar sounds ex. lamp/ stamp A) Haiku. B) Internal rhyme. C) Complete rhyme. D) Refrain. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Complete rhyme. 14. Piece of poetry written with a specific rhythm or pattern A) Verse. B) Refrain. C) Elegy. D) Sestet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Verse. 15. In the poem "The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere" what had to happen before Revere could begin his ride? A) His friend had to signal from the bell tower. B) The colonists had to chase British soldiers down the road. C) He needed to hear the rooster crowing. D) The first colonist needed to join the other fighters. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) His friend had to signal from the bell tower. 16. A type of poetry that follows fixed, established patterns A) Formal verse. B) Blank verse. C) Free verse. D) Narrative Poem. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Formal verse. 17. If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, how many pickled peppers did Peter Piper pick? A) Alliteration. B) Consonance. C) Assonance. D) Rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 18. Comparisons between two unlike things without like or as A) Hyperbole. B) Alliteration. C) Personification. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metaphor. 19. Groupings of lines in poems are ..... A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Stanzas. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Stanzas. 20. Exaggeration for effect A) Rhyme. B) Hyperbole. C) Line. D) Literal language. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. ← 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