This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry > Poetry Terms – Quiz 305 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 305 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Referring to a literary work without directly mentioning it. A) Allusion. B) Anaphora. C) Dialect. D) Mood. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Allusion. 2. A sequence of words printed as a separate entity on a page A) Lyric. B) Sentence. C) Line. D) Stanza. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Line. 3. A single verse in a poem is also called a ..... A) Stanza. B) Poem. C) Line. D) Rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Line. 4. "I cried a river over you" is an example of ..... A) Personification. B) Hyperbole. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 5. How many lines are in the following poem? "Risk" And then the day came, when the riskto remain tightin a budwas more painfulthan the riskit tookto blossom. A) 6. B) 7. C) 8. D) 9. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 8. 6. A genre that uses lines and stanzas A) Stanza. B) Line. C) Poetry. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Poetry. 7. A type of alliteration where the 'S' sound is repeated is called A) Assonance. B) Juxtaposition. C) Enjambment. D) Sibilance. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sibilance. 8. The way a reader uses changing voice pitch while reciting a poem A) Tone. B) Voice. C) Inflection. D) Intonation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Intonation. 9. Rhyme that occurs at the end of two or more lines of poetry A) End rhyme. B) Exact rhyme. C) Internal rhyme. D) Approximate rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) End rhyme. 10. What the poem is mostly about A) Point of view. B) Theme. C) Main idea. D) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Main idea. 11. What type of figurative language is the following: "Out of the huts of history's shame, I rise?" A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 12. (Note:stressed beats tend to be longer while unstressed beats are shorter) is a note from: A) Rhyme. B) Meter. C) Rhythm. D) Meteor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Meter. 13. The descriptive words and phrases a writer uses to create sensory experiences is called: A) Metaphor. B) Imagery. C) Simile. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Imagery. 14. A single line in a poem A) Rhythm. B) Mood. C) Repetition. D) Line. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Line. 15. Short, highly musical verse that converys powerful feelings A) Lyric poetry. B) Dramatic poetry. C) Hyperbole. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lyric poetry. 16. Alliteration refers to the repetition of ..... consonant sounds. A) Beginning. B) Middle. C) Ending. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Beginning. 17. A message about life or human nature or experiences the poet wants to share with the reader. A) Form. B) Mood. C) Theme. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Theme. 18. The phrase "Hope is the thing with feathers" is an example of ..... A) Juxtaposition. B) Personification. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 19. The flowers tossed their heads at the calling of the wind. A) Metaphor. B) Hyperbole. C) Personification. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 20. "The road was a ribbon of moonlight over the purple moor"This is an example of ..... A) Alliteration. B) Consonance. C) Assonance. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Assonance. ← 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