This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry > Poetry Terms – Quiz 376 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 376 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A message about life A) Repetition. B) Theme. C) Alliteration. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Theme. 2. A lyric poem of 14 lines in iambic pentameter following one of several possible rhyme schemes. The 2 main types are Italian (Petrarchan) and English (Shakespearean) A) Sonnet. B) Ballad. C) Ode. D) Free verse. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sonnet. 3. What is the key importance of a stanza? A) Stanzas are there just to make the poem look nice. B) If there are many stanzas, it means the poem is very well written and descriptive. C) When you move from one stanza to another, you're going from one idea to another. D) There is no key importance of a stanza. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) When you move from one stanza to another, you're going from one idea to another. 4. When you put the words of others into your own words, you are doing what? A) Plagiarizing. B) Writing. C) Cheating. D) Paraphrasing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Paraphrasing. 5. The pattern of rhymes at the end of each line of a poem or song and is usually labeled with letters of the alphabet. A) Internal rhyme. B) Complete rhyme. C) Rhyme Scheme. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rhyme Scheme. 6. Simile or Metaphor:Life is a flower that grows more beautiful every day. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 7. The feeling or atmosphere of a poem or work of literature. A) Irony. B) Figurative language. C) Mood. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mood. 8. The "end rhymes" of poems; the poem follows a specific rhyming of words at the end of each line shown by capital letters A) Metaphor. B) Antonym. C) Pattern. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pattern. 9. This example of personification also includes descriptive words that use the five senses, which is known as ..... The thunder clapped loudly, shaking the house A) A simile. B) Imagery. C) A metaphor. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Imagery. 10. The message, or lesson the writer wants us to learn is called A) Detail. B) Main idea. C) Theme. D) Fable. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Theme. 11. Sarah can run like a gazelle through the park.This is an example of- A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Simile. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 12. How many poems (of the portfolio!) are due by Friday, Nov. 19? A) 1. B) 2. C) 3. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 2. 13. Sonnet that has octave/ABBA ABBA, and sestet/CDE CDE A) Peruvian. B) Shakespearian. C) Edwardian. D) Petrarchan. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Petrarchan. 14. This is using the 5 senses to describe things. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Imagery. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Imagery. 15. Couplets are? A) Two lines of a verse that usually have a rhyming pattern. B) 4 lines of a song dealing with animals. C) Items attached to the sleeves of a dressy button down shhirt. D) 8 lines of a verse that never rhyme. E) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Two lines of a verse that usually have a rhyming pattern. 16. A figure of speech where exaggeration is used for effect. A) Metaphor. B) Hyperbole. C) Stanza. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 17. Similes and metaphors are poetic devices. What does this mean? A) Every poem has at least one simile or metaphor. B) They are literary techniques commonly found in poetry. C) They are rarely used in writings other than poetry. D) They are tricks poets use to fool their readers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They are literary techniques commonly found in poetry. 18. The repetition of sounds in poetry A) Rhythm. B) Simile. C) Rhyme. D) Diction. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rhyme. 19. What is the definition of inverted word order? A) The "normal" order of the words in a poem is "mixed up" to create an effect. B) A comparison not using like, as, or than which states something is something else. C) A line or phrase of poetry that repeats. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The "normal" order of the words in a poem is "mixed up" to create an effect. 20. A tribute to someone or something of great importance to the poet A) Ode. B) Limerick. C) Ballad. D) Narrative poem. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ode. ← 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