This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry > Poetry Terms – Quiz 374 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 374 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Enjambment is A) When a line of poetry has a full stop in the middle. B) When a line of poetry has no punctuation. C) When a sentence of poetry runs over two lines. D) When multiple lines of poetry are juxtaposed for effect. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) When a sentence of poetry runs over two lines. 2. A group of lines in a poem similar to a paragraph, how a poem is divided A) Quatrain. B) Cinquain. C) Refrain. D) Stanza. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Stanza. 3. Hey I just met you, and this is crazy, but here's my number so call me maybeis repeated 8 times in "Call Me, Maybe" . This is an example of A) Stalking. B) Rhyme. C) Refrain. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Refrain. 4. A saying not meant to be taken literally A) Idiom. B) Tone. C) Simile. D) Acrostic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Idiom. 5. When a poem is used to describe something, especially artwork, it is described as this ..... A) Ekphrastic. B) Imagery. C) Ode. D) Symbolism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ekphrastic. 6. Poetry that expresses thoughts and feelings A) Narrative poetry. B) Lyric poetry. C) Blank verse. D) Free verse. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lyric poetry. 7. Language that is not literal A) Savor. B) Figurative language. C) Tactic. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Figurative language. 8. A comparison between two unlike things using "like" or "as, " often used to create vivid imagery A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Alliteration. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 9. A figure of speech in which a human quality is given to an animal, object, or idea. A) Personification. B) Literal Language. C) Figurative Language. D) Imagery. E) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 10. A list of descriptive words arranged to form the shape of the object being described A) Haiku. B) Limerick. C) Shape poetry. D) Cinquain. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Shape poetry. 11. A(n) ..... is when words near each other have the same beginning consonant sound. A) Allusion. B) Allegory. C) Imagery. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alliteration. 12. What is the rhyme scheme for this poem? The people along the sand All turn and look one way. They turn their back on the land. They look at the sea all day. As long as it takes to pass A) ABABA. B) ABC. C) ABCDE. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) ABC. 13. What is the definition of rhythm? A) The flow of the beat in the poem. B) When words, phrases, or lines are repeated. C) The repetition of the ending sounds of words. D) A group of lines in a poem. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The flow of the beat in the poem. 14. Which term means an over-exaggeration? A) Personification. B) Hyperbole. C) Allusion. D) Symbolism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 15. "Tlot-tlot; tlot-tlot! Had they heard it? The horsehoofs ringing clear; Tlot-tlot; tlot-tlot, in the distance? Were they deaf that they did not hear?" The highlighted words are ..... A) Nomenclature. B) Similes. C) Metaphors. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nomenclature. 16. Reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art A) Allusion. B) Symbol. C) Tone. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Allusion. 17. A unit of poetic lines often repeated throughout the poem A) Metaphor. B) Repetition. C) Simile. D) Fixed verse. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Repetition. 18. "Please go and mow the overgrown lawn." is an example of A) Assonance. B) Consonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Assonance. 19. When rhyme occurs within a line of poetry A) Rhyme scheme. B) Speaker. C) Internal rhyme. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Internal rhyme. 20. A simile..... A) Says that something actually is something else. B) Compares two unlike things using the words like or as. C) Compares two similar things using the words like or as. D) Represents a person, an animal, an thing, or an idea. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Compares two unlike things using the words like or as. ← 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