This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry > Poetry Terms – Quiz 313 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 313 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A Japanese poetry form with no rhyme. A) Balled. B) Limerick. C) Haiku. D) Ode. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Haiku. 2. A repeated phrase, line, or group of lines A) Refrain. B) Rhyme. C) Stanza. D) Couplet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Refrain. 3. Comparison of two unlike things where one word is used to designate the other (one is the other) A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Allusion. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 4. A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human characteristics such as feelings, movement of limbs, language, etc. A) Personification. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Simile. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 5. The stars winked at me. The book read itself to me. The tree whispered in the wind. is an example of A) Personification. B) Alliteration. C) Simile. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 6. Speaking directly to an inanimate object A) Aside. B) Analogy. C) Apostrophe. D) Assonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Apostrophe. 7. A basic structural component of a poem. A) Verse. B) Line. C) Stanza. D) Dialogue. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Line. 8. Length and placement of lines in groupings on the page A) Paragraph. B) Stanza. C) Pattern. D) Rhythm. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stanza. 9. Which of the following is a concrete noun? A) Love. B) Happiness. C) Journey. D) Cereal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cereal. 10. A poem dealing with rural life, often involving shepherds, representing the idealized version of country life A) Sonnet. B) Elegy. C) Ode. D) Pastoral. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pastoral. 11. A songlike poem that tells a story, often on dealing with adventure or romance A) Ballad. B) Haiku. C) Limerick. D) Couplet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ballad. 12. What kind of rhyme is employed in this lines from a poem:I see the red boat that has a red flag.Just like my red coat and my little red pail. A) End rhyme. B) Internal rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Internal rhyme. 13. An extreme exaggeration to emphasize the truth or show humor. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 14. Poetry that rejects older, more traditional forms in favor of verse that sounds more like natural human speech is called: A) Free form. B) Open verse. C) Open form. D) Free poetry. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Open form. 15. A play on words, where an author employs a word that has a second meaning or that sounds to a similar word, and both meanings can be applied A) Pun. B) Denotation. C) Connotation. D) Pastoral. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pun. 16. A pattern of stressed (strong) and unstressed (weak) syllables is known as ..... A) Rhyme. B) Meter. C) Rhythm. D) Stanzas. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Meter. 17. Does this sentence have a literal or figurative meaning? The bridge of my nose is bruised. A) Literal. B) Figurative. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Literal. 18. This is a song-like narrative poem, usually written in rhymes stanzas and only 4-6 lines featuring repetition and strong meter A) Ode. B) Sonnet. C) Haiku. D) Ballad. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ballad. 19. The following is an example of which sound device? "Proud round cloud" A) Alliteration. B) Assonance. C) Rhyming Couplet. D) Rhyme Scheme. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Assonance. 20. What is a line in poetry? A) Alternate pattern of rhymes. B) A group of lines in a poem. C) A "voice" that talks to readers. D) Sentences in a stanza. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sentences in a stanza. ← 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