This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry > Poetry Terms – Quiz 405 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 405 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Indicating the measure of a poem through diacritical marks A) Trochee. B) Iamb. C) Scansion. D) Stress. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Scansion. 2. The emotional response evoked by a word A) Denotation. B) Ballad. C) Connotation. D) Lyric. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Connotation. 3. A poem that is defined by set metrical patterns A) Consonance. B) Fixed form. C) Alliteration. D) Blank verse. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fixed form. 4. The repetition of a line or phrase of a poem at regular intervals, especially at the end of each stanza. A) Refrain. B) Inversion. C) Reference. D) Ethos. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Refrain. 5. What is the correct term for the following definition? The use of symbols to signify ideas and qualities, by giving them symbolic meanings that are different from their literal sense. A) Personification. B) Metaphor. C) Symbolism. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Symbolism. 6. A form of literature that uses words to create pictures in your mind. It engages the mind, the hear, and the senses all at once. A) Mystery. B) Conflict. C) Poetry. D) Exposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Poetry. 7. A stanza with four lines is called A) At five. B) To seven. C) A quadruplet. D) A quatrain. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A quatrain. 8. Comparison of two unlike things by saying something is something else; does NOT use "like" or "as" A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 9. Possible to touch or handle A) Diffuse. B) Intelligible. C) Elusive. D) Tangible. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tangible. 10. Two rhyming lines in a verse with the same meter Makes poetry interesting and rhythmic A) Verse. B) Quatrain. C) Couplet. D) Refrain. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Couplet. 11. Occurs when poets repeat words, phrases, or lines in a poem creating a pattern and increasing rhythm. A) Repetition. B) Alliteration. C) Assonance. D) Consonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Repetition. 12. I do my chores each Saturday.First, I fold the laundry and put it away.Then I sweep and mop the kitchen floor.After that, I empty all the garbage cans andthe recycling. Finally, when all of my chores arefinished, I can go outside to play. A) Compare and contrast. B) Problem and solution. C) Description. D) Sequence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sequence. 13. ..... is the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form. A) Personification. B) Imagery. C) Allusion. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 14. What do we call poems that express the personal thoughts and feelings of the poet or the speaker? A) Mock epics. B) Lyric poems. C) Free verse poems. D) Odes. E) Epic poems. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lyric poems. 15. The implied or suggested meaning connected with a word A) Hyperbole. B) Metaphor. C) Connotation. D) Metonymy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Connotation. 16. "Fast and Furious" is an example of: A) Pattern. B) Repetition. C) Alliteration. D) Rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 17. The physical structure of a poem is called the ..... A) Theme. B) Lines. C) Form. D) Stanza. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Form. 18. What is the feeling that a poem (or other text) creates for the reader? A) Tone. B) Mood. C) Theme. D) Figurative language. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mood. 19. Stating one thing is another thing A) Consonance. B) Assonance. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metaphor. 20. Poems are most similar to: A) Homework. B) Songs. C) Instructions. D) Video Games. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Songs. ← 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