This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry > Poetry Terms – Quiz 378 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 378 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A phrase that doesn't translate literally, such as "mind your ps and qs" A) Idiom. B) Hyperbole. C) Alliteration. D) Rhyme scheme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Idiom. 2. Repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of poetry lines A) Consonance. B) Anaphora. C) Assonance. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anaphora. 3. It makes a comparison using the words "like" or "as" . A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 4. Poems are made up of ..... which may or may not be sentences. A) Tone. B) Narrative Poems. C) Stanza. D) Lines. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lines. 5. The literal dictionary definitions of a word A) Connotation. B) Denotation. C) Alliteration. D) Free verse. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Denotation. 6. A universal idea, lesson, or topic that can be located within the story A) Theme. B) Symbolism. C) Author's purpose. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Theme. 7. The repetition of the same word or phrase at the beginning of a line throughout a poem A) Anaphora. B) Simile. C) Assonance. D) Internal rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anaphora. 8. What is a line that ends with a pause like a period or semicolon? A) Anaphora. B) End-stop. C) Enjambment. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) End-stop. 9. A division of poetry equivalent to a paragraph in prose. A) Foot. B) Stanza. C) Line. D) Form. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stanza. 10. The repetition of the same consonant sounds at the beginnings of nearby words: "descending dewdrops, " "luscious lemons." A) Alliteration. B) Assonance. C) Consonance. D) Euphony. E) Cacophony. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 11. A paragraph in a poem is called a ..... ? A) Line. B) Stanza. C) Rhyme. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stanza. 12. "sight, sound, touch, taste, smell" are the five senses that come along with: A) Tone. B) Metaphors. C) Imagery. D) Mood. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Imagery. 13. Repetition of initial consonant sound A) Assonance. B) Alliteration. C) Nomenclature. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 14. A group of lines in poetry is called a A) Sonnet. B) Stanza. C) Pattern. D) Lyric. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stanza. 15. Comparing two unlike things using "like" or "as" or "seems" A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Connotation. D) Denotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 16. Which term means the repetition of vowel sounds in words? A) Assonance. B) Alliteration. C) Consonance. D) Prose. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Assonance. 17. A humorous poem that has five lines, an "AABBA" rhyming pattern and a specific rhythm is called a ..... A) Limerick. B) Cinquain. C) Diamante. D) Ballad. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Limerick. 18. The stressed and unstressed beats within a poem A) Rhyme. B) Meter. C) Rhythm. D) Meteor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Meter. 19. The sixteenth president of the United States (1861-1865), who was commander-in-chief of the Union troops during the American A) Donald Trump. B) Abraham Lincoln. C) Barack Obama. D) Richard Nixon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Abraham Lincoln. 20. When one line of poetry ends without a pause or punctuation and then continues to the next line. A) Symbol. B) Stanza. C) Enjambment. D) Eulogy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Enjambment. ← 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