This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry > Poetry Terms – Quiz 347 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 347 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Comparing two unlike things using words such as "like" or "as" A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Symbolism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 2. End stop A) The ending of a line with punctuation. B) A word inside a line rhymes with another word on the same line. C) The pattern of sounds that repeats at the end of a line or stanza. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The ending of a line with punctuation. 3. He's as tall as a skyscraper!! A) Paradox. B) Couplet. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 4. A comparison between 2 unlike objects; uses the words like, as, resembles, or than is called a(n) ..... A) Implied metaphor. B) Direct metaphor. C) Simile. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 5. The process of analyzing formal, structured poetry for stress patterns and syllable counts A) Metric foot. B) Iambic pentameter. C) Enjambment. D) Scansion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Scansion. 6. An attempt to fuse different senses by describing one kind of sense impression in words normally used to describe another. A) Tone. B) Imagery. C) Allusion. D) Synesthesia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Synesthesia. 7. The underlying message about life OR lesson taught in the poem/story is called the ..... A) Theme. B) Life story. C) Plot. D) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Theme. 8. A pair (2) of successive lines that rhyme and have the same meter is what? A) A tone. B) A simile. C) A personification. D) A couplet. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A couplet. 9. Qualities of language that you can hear A) Figurative language. B) Sound devices. C) Rhyme. D) Poetry. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sound devices. 10. A group of lines formed as a unit; a "paragraph" of poetry A) Stanza. B) Couplet. C) Quatrain. D) Prose. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stanza. 11. A truth, lesson or message about life A) Poem. B) Mood. C) Theme. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Theme. 12. What is an iamb? A) A two-syllable foot. B) A three-syllable foot. C) A one-syllable foot. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A two-syllable foot. 13. Shakespearean sonnet with a regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables A) Romeo And Julliet. B) Rhyme Scheme. C) Personification. D) Limerick. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rhyme Scheme. 14. Any device that creates a picture in the reader's mind is called A) A metaphor. B) Personification. C) Imagery. D) A picture. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Imagery. 15. A group of lines (similar to a paragraph) in a poem is called a ..... A) Stanza. B) Line. C) Enjambment. D) Lineation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stanza. 16. This is a word whose sound imitates its meaning, like "Buzz." A) Personification. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Denotation. D) Symbolism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Onomatopoeia. 17. A type of poem that praises and celebrates its subject A) Ode. B) Lyric poem. C) Sonnet. D) Haiku. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ode. 18. Giving human qualities and abilities to an object or idea A) Simile. B) Idiom. C) Metaphor. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 19. Written and spoken language that is not poetry:sentences, paragraphs, stories, chapters, etc. A) Sonnet. B) Haiku. C) Couplet. D) Prose. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Prose. 20. He gives his harness bells a shake To ask if there's some mistake. The only other sound's the sweep Of easy wind and downy flake. A) Tercet. B) Quatrain. C) Cinquain. D) Couplet. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Quatrain. ← 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