This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry > Poetry Terms – Quiz 31 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 31 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a verse or line of poetry A) Rhythm. B) Rhyme scheme. C) Meter. D) Stanza. E) Extended metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rhythm. 2. Words that sound alike because of the similar ending sounds A) Rhythm. B) Alliteration. C) Rhyme. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rhyme. 3. When words or phrases reappear in a poem, it is called ..... A) Alliteration. B) Assonance. C) Consonance. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Repetition. 4. BONUS: "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?" This line of poetry contains 5 unstressed/stressed groupings. What type of meter is this? A) Iambic tetrameter. B) Iambic pentameter. C) Iambic diameter. D) Iambic flabitometer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Iambic pentameter. 5. The wind stood up and gave a yell. A) Personification. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Refrain. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 6. What does "connotation" mean? A) Emotions and ideas associated with the word. B) A connection to a main idea or theme. C) The literal definition of a word. D) An apparent contradiction that conveys truth. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Emotions and ideas associated with the word. 7. "Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall." A) Internal rhyme. B) External rhyme. C) Stanza. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) External rhyme. 8. Which example below is an example of a pun? A) Deafening silence. B) A horse is a very stable animal. C) It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. D) Modern dancing is so old fashioned. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A horse is a very stable animal. 9. What word is defined as "a reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art" ? A) Idiom. B) Connotation. C) Denotation. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Allusion. 10. A group of lines forming the basic recurring metrical unit of a poem, a verse; similar to a paragraph in writing. A) Verse. B) Line. C) Stanza. D) Poem. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stanza. 11. Moving the line away from the left margin A) Rhyme scheme. B) End rhyme. C) Line length. D) Indentation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Indentation. 12. The literal or dictionary meaning of a word A) Tone. B) Mood. C) Denotation. D) Figurative language. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Denotation. 13. Language that brings to mind sense impressions (appeal to your senses).Example:The autumn leaves are a blanket on the floor. A) Onomatopoeia. B) Rhyme. C) Imagery. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Imagery. 14. A group of lines of verse. Paragraphs for poetry A) Tone. B) Theme. C) Diction. D) Stanza. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Stanza. 15. The last word in one line of poetry rhymes with the last word in another line. A) Line. B) Internal Rhyme. C) End Rhyme. D) Refrain. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) End Rhyme. 16. What does rhyme mean? A) When two words have the same ending vowel and consonant sound. B) When two words have the same ending vowel and barking sound. C) When two words have the other ending vowel and consonant sound. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) When two words have the same ending vowel and consonant sound. 17. What do you call an expression where the literal meaning of the words is not the meaning of the expression. It means something other than what it actually says. A) Haiku. B) Metaphor. C) Poem. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Idiom. 18. The life lesson that can be learned from the poem; the overall message A) Theme. B) Imagery. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. E) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Theme. 19. Mary, Mary, quite contrary ..... A) Simile. B) Personification. C) Rhyme. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rhyme. 20. A stanza is made up of ..... A) Multiple lines in a poem. B) Rhythm. C) Different types of alliteration. D) Paragraphs. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Multiple lines in a poem. ← 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