This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry > Poetry Terms – Quiz 429 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 429 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the rhyme scheme of the poem? The alligator chased his tailWhich hit him in the snout;He nibbled, gobbled, swallowed it, And turned right inside-out. by Mary Macdonald A) ABCD. B) Father. C) AABC. D) ABCB. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) ABCB. 2. Two lines of verse that form a unit with a pair of rhyming words. A) Line. B) Stanza. C) Couplet. D) Quatrain. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Couplet. 3. Complete this sentence with an onomatopoetic word to fill in thisblank:The rock went " ..... " as I threw it into the lake. A) Underwater. B) Deep. C) Out of sight. D) Kerplunk. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Kerplunk. 4. Which of the following is defined as-a pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in poetry? A) Alliteration. B) Assonance. C) Meter. D) Onomatopoeia. E) Exaggeration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Meter. 5. The speaker's attitude towards the subject. A) Rhythm. B) Tone. C) Form. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tone. 6. The use of any element of language ..... a sound, word, or phrase ..... used more than once. A) Refrain. B) Repetition. C) Variation. D) Rhythm. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Repetition. 7. A set amount of lines in poetry grouped together by their length, meter or rhyme scheme A) Stanza. B) Refrain. C) Line. D) Rhyme scheme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stanza. 8. What is a poem that tells a story with characters an plot? A) Free verse. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Narrative poem. D) Lyrical poem. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Narrative poem. 9. Which of Bryant's poems is an apostrophe? A) "Thanatopsis". B) "To a Waterfowl". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "To a Waterfowl". 10. Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme and are the same rhythm & length ..... A) Verse. B) Couplet. C) Stanza. D) Free verse. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Couplet. 11. The writer's attitude towards his/her subject A) Tone. B) Mood. C) Style. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tone. 12. Logical sections of ideas, like paragraphs of an essay A) Lines. B) Stanzas. C) Structure. D) Couplet. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stanzas. 13. Two lines of rhyming poetry A) Couplet. B) Rhyme scheme. C) Poetry. D) Allegory. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Couplet. 14. The person in the poem who is speaking A) Audience. B) Poet. C) Speaker. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Speaker. 15. Language that is not intended to be taken literally A) Written language. B) English language. C) Cursive. D) Figurative language. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Figurative language. 16. Rhyme that occurs within single of poetry. A) Ode. B) Internal rhyme. C) Theme. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Internal rhyme. 17. Repetition of the initial consonant sound of words A) Alliteration. B) Rhyme. C) Verse. D) Line. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 18. Ordered pattern of rhymes A) Literal language. B) Rhyme Scheme. C) Meter. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rhyme Scheme. 19. What is the tone of the following text? "I will not!" she shouted. "I will not be left at the mercy of our enemies while you run away and hide, you coward!" A) Pleased. B) Suspicious. C) Happy. D) Angry. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Angry. 20. Amanda anaconda ate an amazing apple air-fried ashcake. A) A. B) Alliteration. C) Letters. D) Apple pie is better. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. ← 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