This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry > Poetry Terms – Quiz 442 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 442 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Mama said, "Shush!" when he stomped in the room. What type of figurative language is used in the sentence? A) Personification. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Repetition. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Onomatopoeia. 2. Which of these contains a verb? A) The annoying neighbour. B) He weighed the flour. C) With great force. D) The warped metal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He weighed the flour. 3. What poetry term is used when the same consonant sound is used many times in a line but at ANY PART of the words. A) Consonance. B) Rhyme. C) Poetry. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Consonance. 4. Use of words to mean something different from what a person actually says A) Situational irony. B) Static irony. C) Verbal irony. D) Dramatic irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Verbal irony. 5. A pilot with a fear of heights A) Verbal irony. B) Dramatic irony. C) Situational irony. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Situational irony. 6. The fact that the Bible is one of the most shoplifted books is an example of ..... ? A) Irony. B) Idiom. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Irony. 7. Words that are organized into sentences and paragraphs. A) Prose. B) Poetry. C) Stanza. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Prose. 8. The repetition of accented vowel sounds, asin thing and sing, cry and sky. A) Rhyme. B) Rhythm. C) Repetition. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rhyme. 9. A group of six lines of verse A) Sestet. B) Quatrain. C) Octave. D) Couplet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sestet. 10. Use alliteration to complete the following sentence:The ..... are in the middle aisle next to the vegetables. A) Boxed fish. B) Frozen fish. C) Large fish. D) Pre-cooked fish. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Frozen fish. 11. What is a lyrical poem? A) A poem that tells a story. B) A poem that always has 14 lines and a specific rhyme scheme. C) A poem that tells a story and is similar to a folk tale or legend. D) A poem that expresses thoughts and feelings and is musical. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A poem that expresses thoughts and feelings and is musical. 12. We welcomed all the wise men from the West. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Alliteration. E) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alliteration. 13. "Jumbo shrimp" or "seriously funny" are examples of which poetic device? A) Idiom. B) Paradox. C) Pun. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Oxymoron. 14. The repetition of the same or similar sounds in a word, usually at the end of lines A) Alliteration. B) Repetition. C) Rhyme. D) Rhyme scheme. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rhyme. 15. The way the audience feels A) Connotation. B) Mood. C) Tone. D) Diction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mood. 16. Comparing two or more things not using like or as; a direct comparison A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 17. "Of my darling-my darling-my life and my bride, " These words represent ..... in the poem A) Rhyme. B) Sensory details. C) Symbol. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Repetition. 18. A poem that tells a story (beginning, middle, end) A) Lyrical Poetry. B) Free Verse Poetry. C) Narrative Poetry. D) Humorous Poetry. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Narrative Poetry. 19. What is the measure of the number of unstressed and stressed syllables, or beats, in a line of a poem? A) Meter. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Repetition. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Meter. 20. The person telling a story (communicating a message in a poem) A) Poet. B) Narrator. C) Point of view. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Narrator. ← 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