This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry > Poetry Terms – Quiz 41 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 41 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Identify the metaphor A) My heart was a bucket full of joy after all the sweet compliments. B) My heart is a muscle. C) My heart is like a hand pump pushing blood all throughout my body. D) My heart is like a muscle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) My heart was a bucket full of joy after all the sweet compliments. 2. What word means comparing two things without using the words "like" or "as" ? A) Metaphor. B) Idiom. C) Simile. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 3. "Love took a hold of me" is an example of ..... A) Hyperbole. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 4. To say something figuratively is to ..... A) Not intend the usual meaning of the words, exaggerate or use metaphor. B) To mean exactly what you say directly. C) To stress syllables in speech. D) To rhyme your words. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Not intend the usual meaning of the words, exaggerate or use metaphor. 5. A word that sounds like what it means is A) Tone. B) Allusion. C) Onomatopoeia. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Onomatopoeia. 6. The repetition of a vowel sound in close proximity with each other A) Assonance. B) Alliteration. C) Consonance. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Assonance. 7. A subtle, intentional reference to a historical, mythic, or literary person, place, event, or movement A) Oxymoron. B) Allusion. C) Imagery. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Allusion. 8. A harsh discordant mixture of sounds A) Consonance. B) Cacophony. C) Imagery. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cacophony. 9. Which is the correct definition for the term Dramatic Monologue? A) A line ending in a full pause, usually indicated with a period or semicolon. B) A type of poem, derived from the theater, in which a speaker addresses an internal listener or the reader. C) A comparison between two unlike things, this describes one thing as if it were something else. Does not use "like" or "as" for the comparison. D) Unacknowledged reference and quotations that authors assume their readers will recognize. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A type of poem, derived from the theater, in which a speaker addresses an internal listener or the reader. 10. I'm not looking forward to the long drive, I wish I could just click my heels together three times and wish myself there! A) Allusion. B) Alliteration. C) Hyperbole. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Allusion. 11. Is intentionally exaggerated figures of speech. A) Tone. B) Similarly. C) Hyperbole. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 12. A word used to describe a sound A) Onomatopoeia. B) Allusion. C) Alliteration. D) Anaphora. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Onomatopoeia. 13. Exaggeration or overstatement A) Concrete Poetry. B) Exposition. C) Flashback. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hyperbole. 14. The rhyme scheme of a haiku is ..... A) THE FATHER. B) ABAB CDCD EFEF GG. C) AABB CCDD EEFF. D) No rhyme scheme. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) No rhyme scheme. 15. Deliberate exaggeration or overstatement A) Hyperbole. B) Oxymoron. C) Stanza. D) Cliche. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 16. Using the same word, phrase, line, or stanza two or more times in a poem A) Repetition. B) Verse. C) Rhyme scheme. D) Assonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Repetition. 17. Words that are melodious or pleasing to the ears A) Assonance. B) Alliteration. C) Cacophony. D) Euphony. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Euphony. 18. Repetition of vowels sounds A) Assonance. B) Alliteration. C) Metaphor. D) Prose. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Assonance. 19. Two unaccented syllables followed by an accented one (compreHEND)(what a PEST)/an accented syllable followed by two unaccented ones (DANGerous DINosaur) A) Iamb/trochee. B) Anapest/dactyl. C) Spondee pyrrhic. D) Tercet/terza rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anapest/dactyl. 20. A story/narrative in poetic form A) Ballad. B) Free verse. C) Meter. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ballad. ← 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