This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry > Poetry Terms – Quiz 422 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 422 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. "Her eyes are emeralds, " is an example of a ..... A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Alliteration. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 2. Words that are used to imitate sounds A) Rhyme. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Alliteration. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Onomatopoeia. 3. Giving an animal, object or abstract idea human qualities A) Onomatopoeia. B) Concrete poem. C) Haiku. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 4. A single row of a poem, each line does not have to end with a period. A) Accent. B) Alliteration. C) Line. D) Ballad. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Line. 5. Which is not an example of a figure of speech? A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Inferences. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Inferences. 6. Universal message or life lesson A) Speaker. B) Narrative poem. C) Theme. D) Mood. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Theme. 7. Alliteration could best be defined as ..... A) The repetition of consonant sounds. B) The repetition of vowel sounds. C) The repetition of a word/phrase. D) The repetition of a rhyme/meter. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The repetition of consonant sounds. 8. What is the purpose of consonance in poetry? A) The repetition of similar consonant sounds at the end of accented syllables. B) To compare two seemingly unlike things using 'like' or 'as'. C) To describe one thing as if it were something else. D) To give human qualities to something that is not human. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The repetition of similar consonant sounds at the end of accented syllables. 9. The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a poem is the A) Stanza. B) Meter. C) Rhyme scheme. D) Foot. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Meter. 10. Gives human qualities to something that is non-human (The Ocean crashed angrily.) A) Personification. B) Metaphor. C) Lyric. D) Narrative. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 11. ..... is using an object to represent or stand for an idea. A) ALLITERATION. B) RHYME. C) IMAGERY. D) SYMBOLISM. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) SYMBOLISM. 12. Repeating consonant sounds at the beginning of words A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Stanza. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alliteration. 13. A poetic device in which the last syllable of a line rhymes with the last syllable of another line A) End rhyme. B) Stanza. C) Line. D) Rhyme scheme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) End rhyme. 14. This line about an eagle is an example of:He clasps the crag with crooked hands A) Personification. B) Haiku. C) Hyperbole. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 15. At the recital, Olivia's fingers danced over the keyboard. A) Olivia was a weak piano player. B) Olivia didn't know how to play; she just pounded the keys. C) Olivia played the piano easily and beautifully. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Olivia played the piano easily and beautifully. 16. Same letter sound that is consistent throughout the sentence. A) Rhyme. B) Alliteration. C) Simile. D) Ballad. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 17. Chiasmus A) Use of harsh sounding words or a discord of sounds. B) Balancing pattern where the main elements are reversed ex) fair is foul & foul is fair. C) Repetition of consonant sounds in a sentence, especially at the ends of words ex) each slow dusk a drawing down of blinds. D) Opposite of euphemism, a crude/shocking word/expression. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Balancing pattern where the main elements are reversed ex) fair is foul & foul is fair. 18. A brief, cleverly worded statement that makes a wise observation about life. A) Anaphora. B) Aphorism. C) Analogy. D) Amplification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Aphorism. 19. Compares two different things using the words like or as A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 20. Why is repetition used in poetry? A) To make it easier to read. B) To make stuff rhyme better. C) To emphasize an idea. D) Because it's boring. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To emphasize an idea. ← 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