This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry > Poetry Terms – Quiz 432 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 432 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Group of words arranged in a row A) Stanza. B) Line. C) Meter. D) Ballad. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Line. 2. Which of the following words best describes words like "whack" and "buzz" that imitate sounds? A) Symbolism. B) Similarly. C) Metaphor. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Onomatopoeia. 3. The literal meaning or definition of a word A) Denotation. B) Tone. C) Connotation. D) Expression. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Denotation. 4. Which of these is an example of a couplet? A) Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall. B) Little boy blue come blow your horn. C) When spring comes round with her magical wand. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall. 5. Which of the following is NOT an example of a poem? A) "Snail at Moonrise". B) "The Ferris Wheel". C) Hurricanes:The Earth's Mightiest Storm. D) "Stopping by the Woods on a Snow Evening". Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hurricanes:The Earth's Mightiest Storm. 6. An expression that is so overused it is boring and commonplace. A) Cliche. B) Rhyme. C) Imagery. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cliche. 7. Repetition of final consonant sounds A) Assonance. B) Meter. C) Rhythm. D) Consonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Consonance. 8. A group of lines in a poem separated by a space is called ..... A) Verse. B) Stanza. C) Limerick. D) Couplet. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stanza. 9. To which of the five senses does the following sentence or phrase appeal? The leaves were crunching under my feet as I walked through the yard. A) Sight. B) Hear. C) Smell. D) Taste. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hear. 10. The mood or feeling that the author tries to convey. A) Tone. B) Expression. C) Imagery. D) Point of view. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tone. 11. A concrete representation of an abstract idea A) Metaphor. B) Symbolism. C) Simile. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Symbolism. 12. What is the purpose of a limerick? A) To give human qualities to something that is not human. B) Humorous, rhyming five lines poems with a specific rhythm pattern and rhyme scheme. C) To compare two seemingly unlike things using 'like' or 'as'. D) To describe one thing as if it were something else. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Humorous, rhyming five lines poems with a specific rhythm pattern and rhyme scheme. 13. A student can earn extra credit on the poetry portfolio. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 14. The way a text is intended to make the target audience feel A) Mood. B) Tone. C) Connotation. D) Denotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mood. 15. Expresses an emotion or an idea, or describes a scene.Does not tell a story and often musical A) Free Verse. B) Acrostic. C) Lyrical. D) Concrete. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lyrical. 16. Language that uses the five senses A) Mental image. B) Sensory. C) Imagery. D) Symbol. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Imagery. 17. One of three major types of literature, makes use of highly concise, musical, and emotionally charged language A) Poetry. B) Connotation. C) Prose. D) Nonfiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Poetry. 18. The repetition of consonant sounds in a group of words A) Alliteration (aliteracion). B) Assonance (assonance). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration (aliteracion). 19. Which word mean:The stanza that keeps on repeating after some lines in a poem, see often in songs? A) Repeat. B) Redo. C) Refrain. D) Repitition. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Refrain. 20. It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. A) Repetition. B) Parallelism. C) Simile. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Parallelism. ← 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