This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry > Poetry Terms – Quiz 410 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 410 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The definition of the term "tone" is ..... A) Words that begin with the same sound near each other. B) The atmosphere or feeling that a poem creates. C) Words that imitate natural sounds. D) How the speaker feels about their subject. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) How the speaker feels about their subject. 2. A figure of speech comparing two things by stating that one thing is another thing A) Rhyme. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Alliteration. E) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 3. Poems are told through a voice called the A) Narrator. B) Speaker. C) Author. D) Talker. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Speaker. 4. Direct comparison between two things (NOT using like or as) A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 5. Poetry not written in a regular pattern of meter or rhyme A) Free verse. B) Lyric poetry. C) Sonnet. D) Blank verse. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Free verse. 6. You are sunlight and I moon. A) Alliteration. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Assonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 7. "Welcome, O life! I go to encounter for the millionth time the reality of experience and to forge in the smithy of my soul the uncreated conscience of my race." A) Allusion. B) Conceit. C) Analogy. D) Apostrophe. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Apostrophe. 8. Which term means the use of a word, phrase, sound, or line more than once? A) Rhyme. B) Alliteration. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Repetition. 9. Poetry that doesn't have a set rhythm, line length, or rhyme scheme; it relies, instead, on the natural rhythms of speech; today the most widely practiced form of poetry in the English language A) Stanza. B) Free verse. C) Allusion. D) Literal language. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Free verse. 10. The way a sentence is structured A) Syntax. B) Mood. C) Enjambment. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Syntax. 11. Combination of words that contradict each other A) Oxymoron. B) Hyperbole. C) Metaphor. D) Portmanteau words. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oxymoron. 12. The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables that give the poem a beat is called ..... A) Rhythm/meter. B) Rhyme. C) Rhyme scheme. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rhythm/meter. 13. Which poetry term is used in the following line:'Her eyes were shining stars'? A) Simile. B) Hyperbole. C) Personification. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metaphor. 14. The same vowel sounds in nearby words A) Assonance. B) Alliteration. C) Rhyme. D) Rhyme scheme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Assonance. 15. An idea, animal, or object is described as if it were a person. A) Hyperbole. B) Personification. C) Image. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 16. A comparison using like, as, or than A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Allegory. D) Equation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 17. This is an example of:Zero Rez A) Personification. B) Metaphor. C) Paradox. D) Palindrome. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Palindrome. 18. A thing or action that represents, in addition to itself, something else A) Symbol. B) Tone. C) Mood. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Symbol. 19. When an author gives human characteristics to a non-living item or animal A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 20. Comparison of two unlike things using the words "like" or "as" A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Tercet. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. ← 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