This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry > Poetry Terms – Quiz 390 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 390 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Repetitionof the same or very similar consonant sounds usually at the beginning of wordsthat are close together in a poem. A) Assonance. B) Alliteration. C) Irony. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 2. What is a speaker A) A person that speaks. B) A narrator in a story. C) A voice. D) A voice that relates the story or ideas of a poem. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A voice that relates the story or ideas of a poem. 3. Repetition allows for ..... A) Rhythm and rhyme. B) Rhythm and emphasis. C) Rhyme and emphasis. D) Nothing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rhythm and emphasis. 4. A directly expressed comparison; a figure of speech comparing two objects, usually with "like, " "as, " or "than." It is easier to recognize a simile than a metaphor because the comparison is explicit. A) Similarly. B) Prose. C) Allusion. D) Apples to apples comparison. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Similarly. 5. A Pattern of END rhyme A) End Rhyme. B) Rhyme scheme. C) Internal Rhyme. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rhyme scheme. 6. Translating, or rephrasing, a story or poem in your owns words is called ..... A) Alliteration. B) Paraphrasing. C) Connotation. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Paraphrasing. 7. Poetry written to honor someone who has died A) Elegy. B) Epic poetry. C) Sonnet. D) Lyric poetry. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Elegy. 8. A poetic foot is ..... A) An unstressed syllable. B) The repetition of vowel sounds within words. C) A comparison using like or as. D) The smallest unit of rhythm in a poem. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The smallest unit of rhythm in a poem. 9. The repetition of a consonant sound anywhere within words, not just the beginning A) Assonance. B) Consonance. C) Alliteration. D) Meter. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Consonance. 10. Rhyme that happens within the line of poetry. A) Internal Rhyme. B) End Rhyme. C) Rhyme. D) Lyric Poetry. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Internal Rhyme. 11. How many total vocabulary words are in this week's list? A) 18. B) 19. C) 20. D) 25. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 19. 12. The repetition of the same beginning sound, usually a consonant, in a phrase or line of poetry A) Repetition. B) Stanza. C) Alliteration. D) Poetry. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 13. In poetry, word choice and phrasing A) Enjambment. B) Diction. C) Comparative. D) Stanza. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Diction. 14. Places more emphasis on one syllable than another A) Stress. B) Meter. C) Foot. D) Cutting. E) Enjambment. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stress. 15. The definition of haiku has another poetry vocabulary word in its definition. A) Onomatopoeia. B) Personification. C) Imagery. D) Lyric. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Imagery. 16. A spoken or written account of connected events; a story A) Haiku. B) Free verse. C) Narrative. D) Ballad. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Narrative. 17. Sometimes poets use these to add musical effects to their poems A) Beats. B) Music. C) Rhythm. D) Sound devices. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sound devices. 18. The character who speaks in or narrates the poem A) Speaker. B) Tone. C) Context. D) Setting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Speaker. 19. A figure of speech that is an exaggerated statement A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Hyperbole. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 20. A quatrain has..... lines. A) 4. B) 3. C) 2. D) 7. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 4. ← 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