This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry > Poetry Terms – Quiz 311 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 311 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. How many syllables does a haiku have in all? A) 27. B) 5. C) 7. D) 17. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 17. 2. The same VOWEL sounds in the middle of words that are close together. A) Alliteration. B) Assonance. C) Internal rhyme. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Assonance. 3. Verse writing that is nearly always rhythmical, usually metaphorical and often exhibits such formal elements as meter, rhyme, stanza structure. A) Poetry. B) Narration. C) Dialogue. D) Writing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Poetry. 4. A stanza with 2 lines is a ..... A) Octave. B) Third. C) The sepsis. D) Couplet. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Couplet. 5. The lines of a poem arranged into a group A) Rhyme. B) Stanza. C) Traditional. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stanza. 6. The ordered pattern of rhymes at the end of each line A) Internal rhyme. B) Near rhyme. C) Slant rhyme. D) Rhyme scheme. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rhyme scheme. 7. A poem of serious reflection, typically a lament for someone who has passed away A) Elegy. B) Ode. C) Sestet. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Elegy. 8. What is a brief reference to a real or fictional person, event, place, or work of art? A) Artichoke. B) Assonance. C) Illusion. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Allusion. 9. The words, phrases, and sentences that come before and after a particular word in a passage A) Context. B) Tone/Connotation. C) Rhyme. D) Narrative. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Context. 10. Rhythm/Meter is defined as..... A) A single line of poetry. B) The beat of a poem; usually determined by the number of syllables. C) A group of lines in a poem. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The beat of a poem; usually determined by the number of syllables. 11. When writers and speakers use words that are more than the basic meaning of the words A) Metaphor. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Figurative language. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Figurative language. 12. The musical sound of a poem A) Stanza. B) Rhyme scheme. C) Rhyme. D) Rhythm. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rhythm. 13. A type of literature that attempts to stir a reader's imagination or emotions A) Novel. B) Poetry. C) Article. D) Short story. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Poetry. 14. What poetic device is this an example of?"I watched Deaf men and women of all ages / dance in unison to the vibrations / of speakers booming so loud" A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Tone. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Imagery. 15. The person telling or relating a poem is called- A) The mood. B) The author. C) The poet. D) The speaker. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The speaker. 16. A poem that does not have a set rhythm, set line length, or set rhyme scheme A) Metered. B) Tone. C) Mood. D) Free Verse. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Free Verse. 17. This is when the last word in a line will be echoed by a word at the beginning or in the middle of another line. A) Internal rhymes. B) Repetition. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Internal rhymes. 18. A way to analyze poetry that looks at the surface, intention, feelings, and technique is A) Poetry. B) SIFT. C) TPCAST. D) Prose. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) SIFT. 19. I wandered lonely as a cloudThat floats on high o'er vales and hills, When all at once I saw a crowd, A host, of golden daffodils;Beside the lake, beneath the trees, Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.The above stanza has what three things? A) Elegy. B) Couplet. C) Personification. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Elegy. 20. Poems shaped like their subjects A) Haiku. B) Lyric poem. C) Concrete poem. D) Free verse. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Concrete 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