This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry > Poetry Terms – Quiz 428 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 428 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The ..... of a poem is the planned placing of elements to achieve an effect A) Rhyme scheme. B) Strategy/rhetorical strategy. C) Imagery. D) Scansion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Strategy/rhetorical strategy. 2. An end-stopped line..... A) Has punctuation at the end of the line. B) Has no punctuation at the end of the line. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Has punctuation at the end of the line. 3. Type of poetry that does not rhyme or have a measurable meter A) Free Bird. B) Free Verse. C) Tone. D) Ballad. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Free Verse. 4. A thought or sense, phrase or clause, in a line of poetry that does not come to an end at the line break, but moves over to the next line. A) Hyperbole. B) Understatement. C) Enjambed lines. D) Ballad. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Enjambed lines. 5. When an author repeats a word or phrase to add emphasis or power A) Syntax. B) Repetition. C) Alliteration. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Repetition. 6. A rhyme in which two words are spelled similarly but pronounced differently (Ex. "cove and dove" and "wind and bind") A) Half Rhyme. B) Eye Rhyme. C) Exact Rhyme. D) Multisyllabic Rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Eye Rhyme. 7. Giving human qualities to non-humans A) Rhyme scheme. B) Personification. C) Stanza. D) Syntax. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 8. ..... is the use of exaggeration for effect.Example:I'm so hungry I could eat a horse. A) Metaphor. B) Alliteration. C) Idiom. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hyperbole. 9. A line in poetry is most often referred to as a: A) Chorus. B) Verse. C) Melody. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Verse. 10. ..... refers to words which sound like the sound or action they describe. A) Ostracized. B) OhI'mNotSure. C) Oompa Loompa. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Onomatopoeia. 11. Unrhymed verse, 10 syllable line A) Blank verse. B) Free verse. C) Haiku. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Blank verse. 12. What is the underlying meaning or message of a poem or story? A) Mood. B) Theme. C) Tone. D) Setting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Theme. 13. A poem that follows a predictable pattern or conventional structure is called A) Traditional Poetry. B) Free-Form Poetry. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Traditional Poetry. 14. The structure and organization in a poem. A) Form. B) Flow. C) Sound. D) Stress. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Form. 15. Try the turkey tacos; they're quite tasty. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Alliteration. E) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alliteration. 16. A sound, word, phrase, or line that is repeated for unity and emphasis A) Alliteration. B) Repetition. C) Allusion. D) Consonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Repetition. 17. ..... means the use of words which sound like they mean. A) Allusion. B) Juxtaposition. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Inversion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Onomatopoeia. 18. A metrical foot with two stressed syllables paired together A) Meter. B) Iamb. C) Spondee. D) Feet. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Spondee. 19. "Moses supposes his toeses are roses" A) Repetition. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Alliteration. D) Assonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Assonance. 20. Poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular verse. A) Free verse. B) Blank verse. C) Poem. D) Stanza. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Free verse. ← 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