This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry > Poetry Terms – Quiz 340 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 340 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A shift in a sonnet. A) Metaphor. B) Fixed form. C) Time. D) Consonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Time. 2. A free verse poem does not..... A) Rhyme. B) Sound like a haiku. C) Work like a sonnet. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rhyme. 3. Ha, Ha, HA!!! This kind of poem is funny and entertaining. A) Lyrical Poetry. B) Free Verse Poetry. C) Narrative Poetry. D) Humorous Poetry. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Humorous Poetry. 4. What is the tone of a poem? A) What a poem sounds like when read aloud. B) How the reader feels after reading the poem. C) The attitude of the speaker in the poem. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) How the reader feels after reading the poem. 5. When a poem is not written in a strict pattern it is called ..... A) Figurative language. B) Metaphor. C) Free verse. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Free verse. 6. The pattern of rhyme in a poem or song. Usually it's characterized by letters (ABAB or AABB, etc.) A) Poetic license. B) Rhyme scheme. C) Tone. D) Refrain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rhyme scheme. 7. Two or more words having the same ending (last) sound, usually at the end of a verse A) Rhythm. B) Rhyme. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rhyme. 8. A poem that does not tell a story but expresses the personal feelings or thoughts of a speaker A) Limerick. B) Haiku. C) Lyric poem. D) Narrative poem. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lyric poem. 9. The repetition of consonant sounds at the end of words is called ..... A) Alliteration. B) Assonance. C) Consonance. D) Foot. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Consonance. 10. A four-line stanza in a poem, does not have to rhym A) Enjambment. B) Stanza. C) Quartain. D) Assonant. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Quartain. 11. Verse with 4 lines Gives a regular rhythm A) Quatrain. B) Couplet. C) Verse. D) Stanza. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Quatrain. 12. The emotions or feeling the author is trying to convey A) Mood. B) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mood. 13. A fourteen line lyric poem focused on a single theme. A) Sonnet. B) Symbol. C) Couplet. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sonnet. 14. Referenceto a statement, a person, or an event from literature, history, religion, mythology, politics, sports, science, or pop culture. A) Simile. B) Connotation. C) Allusion. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Allusion. 15. An ..... helps people to understand something unknown by connecting it to something that is known. A) Analogy. B) Apostrophe. C) Avocado. D) Experience. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Analogy. 16. Purpose A) The point why the text was written. B) The main location of the written work. C) The main author of the piece of writing. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The point why the text was written. 17. Last words of rhyme have a similar sound but not perfect rhyme A) End rhyme. B) Slant rhyme. C) Internal rhyme. D) External rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Slant rhyme. 18. Giving human characteristics to something that is not human A) Alliteration. B) Imagery. C) Personification. D) Speaker. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 19. Picture poem A) A story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one. B) A line that ends with a stressed syllable. C) A harsh mixture of conflicting noises. D) A type of open form poetry in which the poet arranges the lines of the poem so as to create a particular shape on the page. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A type of open form poetry in which the poet arranges the lines of the poem so as to create a particular shape on the page. 20. The most specific or literal meaning of a word A) Denotation. B) Connotation. C) Migration. D) Oration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Denotation. ← 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