This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry > Poetry Terms – Quiz 437 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 437 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The narrator of the poem (not always the poet) A) Rhythm. B) Speaker. C) Symbolism. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Speaker. 2. What is the correct term for the following definition? Intentionally using a word or phrase for effect, two or more times in a speech or written work A) Personification. B) Metaphor. C) Repetition. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Repetition. 3. A narrative poem of longer length; usually tells a sad or tragic story; contains many stanzas A) Couplet. B) Haiku. C) Rhyme. D) Ballad. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ballad. 4. Long narrative poem about gods and heroes A) Narrative poem. B) Epic poem. C) Ballad poem. D) Dramatic poetry. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Epic poem. 5. A group of lines within a poem set off from others A) Syntax. B) Cutting. C) Stanza. D) Line. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stanza. 6. A reference to a well known person, place, thing, or event A) Hyperbole. B) Simile. C) Alliteration. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Allusion. 7. An exaggeration for emphasis A) Metaphor. B) Hyperbole. C) Alliteration. D) Symbolism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 8. What is the definition of idiom? Example:Be in hot water=to be in trouble A) An expression understood by those familiar with the language, and cannot be understood based on its literal meaning. B) Technical or specialized language. C) The opposite of what is expected to happen. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An expression understood by those familiar with the language, and cannot be understood based on its literal meaning. 9. What should you remember when reading a poem? A) Stop at the end of each line to capture the poet's thoughts. B) The end of a line is not necessarily the end of the thought. C) Punctuation in poetry is erratic, so ignore it. D) The most important element of a poem is its rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The end of a line is not necessarily the end of the thought. 10. Attitude or approach that the author tkaes toward the works central them or subject A) Symbol. B) Tone. C) Stanza. D) Sonnet. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tone. 11. Definition:a section of a poem with lines grouped together A) Haiku. B) Free Verse. C) Stanza. D) Quatrain. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stanza. 12. Your ..... are your wishes for certain things to happen. A) Entry. B) Desires. C) Mosaic. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Desires. 13. A ..... is a group of lines together like a paragraph. A) Line. B) Stanza. C) Theme. D) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stanza. 14. Two words at the end of a line of poetry that end in sounds that almost rhyme A) Internal rhyme. B) Slant rhyme. C) Consonance. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Slant rhyme. 15. How many syllables does this line have? A gash, a rash, and purple bumps. A) 8 syllables. B) 9 syllables. C) 7 syllables. D) 5 syllables. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 8 syllables. 16. An example of personification is A) Your eyes are bright like diamonds. B) You're as pretty as a picture. C) He is as cold as ice. D) The Texas pine tree stood tall and proud. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Texas pine tree stood tall and proud. 17. An imagitive comparison without using like or as in a literary work, such as a novel or poem, that isn't just used in one line but is extended over multiple lines or throughout the word. A) Simile. B) Personification. C) Extended metaphor. D) Meter. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Extended metaphor. 18. Language in which the words are meant to be interpreted imaginatively is ..... A) Figurative. B) Literal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Figurative. 19. "A person, place, object, animal, or activity that stands for something beyond itself" is called ..... A) A metaphor. B) A symbol. C) A simile. D) A theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A symbol. 20. What would be an example of anaphora A) She told him yesterdayI'll tell him todayhe will be reminded of this.He should not forget. B) I told him yesterdayI told him todayI told him many timesI'll remind him tomorrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I told him yesterdayI told him todayI told him many timesI'll remind him tomorrow. ← 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