This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry > Poetry Terms – Quiz 435 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 435 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A division in a poem named for thte number of lines it contains A) Paragraph. B) Verse. C) Stanza. D) Chorus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stanza. 2. Repetition of consonant sounds, mostly seen at the beginning of words A) Alliterations. B) Assonance. C) Consonance. D) Rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliterations. 3. Humorous rhyming five-line poems with a specific rhythm pattern A) Narrative. B) Haiku. C) Free verse. D) Limericks. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Limericks. 4. This is a vague hint at what may happen in the future A) Foreshadowing. B) Flashback. C) Hyperbole. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Foreshadowing. 5. A group of more than one line in a poem A) Quatrain. B) Stanza. C) Form. D) Couplet. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stanza. 6. Verse can mean A) A line in a poem. B) Poetry. C) Per room. D) Poetry and a line in a poem. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Poetry and a line in a poem. 7. An appeal for aid made to a higher power by the poet to give him inspiration in telling the story. A) Allusion. B) Invocation. C) Epithet. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Invocation. 8. Two consecutive lines of verse with end rhyme A) Repetition. B) Quartain. C) Feminine. D) Couplet. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Couplet. 9. Literal is exactly true, rather than figurative or metaphorical. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 10. Descriptive language that appeals to one of the five senses A) Onomatopoeia. B) Imagery. C) Hyperbole. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Imagery. 11. Rhyme in which either the vowels or the consonants of stressed syllables are identical A) Meter. B) Internal Rhymes. C) Slant Rhymes. D) Images. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Slant Rhymes. 12. "He drew a line as straight as an arrow" is a- A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 13. What is the rhyme scheme of this poem? The coolness of the nightRefreshes my skin.The stars shine so bright, Causing me to grin. A) Father. B) AABB. C) ABCA. D) ABAC. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Father. 14. What is the message of a poem called? A) Imagery. B) Tone. C) Theme. D) Mood. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Theme. 15. What type of figurative language is shown? Life is one long, adventurous roller coaster. A) Simile. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Hyperbole. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metaphor. 16. Lines are grouped together in a poem to make up A) Stanzas. B) Figurative language. C) Meter. D) End rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stanzas. 17. Whats is the oxymoron?:Sam was surrounded by a small crowd of people who listened to her sing a song that had just become an instant classic. A) Instant classic. B) Small crowd. C) Neither. D) Small crowd & instant classic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Small crowd & instant classic. 18. A blending of consonant and vowel sounds designed to imitate or suggest the activity being described. Example:buzz, slurp. A) Octave. B) Ode. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Onomatopoeia. 19. To feel the rhythm, tempo, and mood of a poem, it is a good idea to: A) Paraphrase the poem. B) Copy the poem. C) Read the poem aloud. D) Sing the words of the poem. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Read the poem aloud. 20. The combination of strong beats andweak beats (or stressed and unstressed sounds)is called ..... A) Rhythm. B) Rhyme. C) Meter. D) Syllables. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rhythm. ← 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