This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry > Poetry Terms – Quiz 369 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 369 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A poem that tells a story similar to a folk tale or legend and often has a repeated refrain. "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" by Samuel Taylor Coleridge is an an example. A) Alexandrine. B) Ballad. C) Antithesis. D) Anapest. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ballad. 2. A poem that takes a shape that suggests its subject. A) Concrete poem. B) Narrative poem. C) Ballad. D) Cinquain. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Concrete poem. 3. The pattern of rhymes in a poem (the end of each line is assigned a new letter for each new sound.) A) Stanza. B) Line. C) Rhyme scheme. D) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rhyme scheme. 4. A short poem that directly expresses the poet's thoughts and emotions in a musical way. A) Free Verse. B) Narrative Poems. C) End Rhyme. D) Lyric Poems. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lyric Poems. 5. Patterns of rhythm and sound used in poetry. A) Lyric. B) Meter. C) Prosody. D) Rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Prosody. 6. A figure of speech in which a nonhuman thing is given humanattributes A) Idiom. B) Personification. C) Allusion. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 7. Poetry that expresses thoughts and feelings and usually has only one speaker. A) Ballad. B) Lyrical. C) Narrative. D) Descriptive. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lyrical. 8. In this short poem called "The Storm, " what kind of figurative language is present?"The Storm"Looks like a mud puddle in the skyAnd smells like moldy leatherIt sounds like a giant's stomach rumblingAnd feels like being turned inside out. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Oxymoron. D) Symbolism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 9. Choose the correct example of an alliteration A) Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout would not take the garbage out. B) She is skin and bones. C) Her hair is a soft as silk. D) Time stood still when Romeo walked into the room. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout would not take the garbage out. 10. Author's attitude toward the subject A) Diction. B) Connotation. C) Denotation. D) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tone. 11. She stuck the stolen stapler in her suitcase. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Alliteration. E) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alliteration. 12. The mixing and combining of sensory details. Example: "The Loudness of Color A) Synaesthesia. B) Tone. C) Verse. D) Time. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Synaesthesia. 13. Giving human characteristics to something that is not alive A) Repetition. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Metaphor. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 14. A traditional pattern that applies to a whole poem. Includes limerick, sonnet, and villanelle A) Fixed Form. B) Stanzaic Form. C) Continuous Form:. D) Couplet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fixed Form. 15. A spoken or written account of connected events A) Structural elements. B) Theme. C) Text structure. D) Narrative. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Narrative. 16. Pattern of syllables in a line of poetry A) Rhythm. B) Lines. C) Poet. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rhythm. 17. It was so cold, I saw polar bears wearing jackets. This is an example of A) Hyperbole. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 18. Try to light the fire. A) Assonance. B) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Assonance. 19. A poem with a shape that suggests its subject A) Ballad. B) Concrete poem. C) Ode. D) Sonnet. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Concrete poem. 20. Writer's choice of words A) Apostrophe. B) Diction. C) Free Verse. D) Mood. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Diction. ← 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