This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry > Poetry Terms – Quiz 324 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 324 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Analysis of line length, broken up into syllabic "feet" A) Unstressed. B) Stressed. C) Meter. D) Run-on line. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Meter. 2. Genre; creative text written in verse, meter; uses creative, figurative and sensory language A) Syllable. B) Symbol. C) Prose. D) Poetry. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Poetry. 3. A phrase, line, or stanza that is repeated throughout the poem is called a ..... A) Line. B) Stanza. C) Refrain. D) Syllable. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Refrain. 4. To make reference to something else in history, society, or literature. A) Allusion. B) Mood. C) Theme. D) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Allusion. 5. It was July, and the suntoasted the emerald grassuntil it smelled of warmthand green and life.It was July, and my heartsoaked up the air warmthuntil it sang of joyand love and life.How many stanzas does the poem have above? A) This poem has 1 stanza. B) This poem has 4 stanzas. C) This poem has 2 stanzas. D) This poem has 8 stanzas. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) This poem has 2 stanzas. 6. True or False:an ANECDOTE is a short and interesting story, or an amusing event, often proposed to support or demonstrate some point, and to make the audience laugh A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 7. ..... is the general character or attitude of a place, piece of writing, situation, etc. A) Tone. B) Imagery. C) Personification. D) Anaphora. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tone. 8. What is:a question that the author poses that is not meant to be answered aloud? A) Rhetorical Question. B) Pondering. C) Rhetorical Device. D) Rhetorical Analysis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rhetorical Question. 9. When a poem has lines ending in words that rhyme. A) Inside rhyme. B) External rhyme. C) End rhyme. D) Internal rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) End rhyme. 10. A lyrical poem..... A) Captures a moment or feeling (and can be a song). B) Tells about a funny moment. C) NEVER has rhyming words. D) Is a conversation between two or more people in a book, play, or movie. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Captures a moment or feeling (and can be a song). 11. Which of the following is NOT a type of poem? A) Ballad. B) Sonnet. C) Eulogy. D) Haiku. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Eulogy. 12. What does alliteration mean? Some examples of alliteration is:friendly face; hurt horse; cool cat; slithering snakes A) The repetition of similar vowel sounds at the beginning of words. B) The repetition of similar consonant sounds at the end of words. C) The repetition of similar vowel sounds at the end of words. D) The repetition of similar consonant sounds at the beginning of words. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The repetition of similar consonant sounds at the beginning of words. 13. The central character in a story, the one who initiates or drives the action A) Protagonist. B) Tragic flaw. C) Antagonist. D) The setting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Protagonist. 14. The sad student sat silently in the room. A) Alliteration. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Idiom. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 15. Using words or phrases that could have more than one meaning. A) Idiom. B) Ballad. C) Central Idea. D) Form. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Idiom. 16. A lyric poem that addresses a particular subject and is written in varied or irregular meter. A) Sonnet. B) Ballad. C) Meter. D) Ode. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ode. 17. What is the sound and meaning of words that are combined to express feelings, thoughts, and ideas? A) Poetry. B) Informational Writing. C) Argumentative Writing. D) Narrative Writing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Poetry. 18. A comparison of two unlike things not using like or as. A) Idiom. B) Metaphor. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 19. Repetition of beginning sounds is called ..... A) Assonance. B) Repetition. C) Metaphor. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alliteration. 20. Which term means:a Japanese verse form of 5 lines with 5 or 7 syllables A) Rondeau. B) Tanka. C) Prose poem. D) Sonnet. E) Poetry. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tanka. ← 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