This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry > Poetry Terms – Quiz 443 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 443 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A set pattern of rhyme identified by assigning a different letter of the alphabet to each rhyme (ABAB CC) A) Terminal rhyme. B) Eye rhyme. C) Rhyme scheme. D) Exact rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rhyme scheme. 2. What is the definition of denotation? A) DICTIONARY definition of a word. B) SUGGESTED meaning of a word. C) Two lines of poetry that rhyme. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) DICTIONARY definition of a word. 3. 14-line poem A) Elegy. B) Lyric. C) Narrative. D) Sonnet. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sonnet. 4. What is first person point of view? A) The speaker or narrator tells the story from their own perspective. B) The speaker or narrator tells the story about other characters. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The speaker or narrator tells the story from their own perspective. 5. Which of the following sentences is an example of personification? A) The snails crept along the sidewalk, moving as slowly as a glacier. B) The dandelions stood tall, proudly surveying the rest of the yard. C) The stand of trees was a festival of color that fall. D) The slimy eel slithered through the seaweed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The dandelions stood tall, proudly surveying the rest of the yard. 6. A metrical foot of 2 syllables, both stressed A) Spondee. B) Trochee. C) Anapest. D) Dactyl. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Spondee. 7. Crying time; hop-scotch; great flakes; between treesare examples of ..... A) Consonance. B) Denotation. C) Connotation. D) Assonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Assonance. 8. Which is a good example of personification? A) My dog is a cuddly marsh-mellow muffin. B) My dog is telling me to stay home. C) My dog is the greatest joy in my life. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) My dog is telling me to stay home. 9. Sometimes called "shape poetry" is a type of poem whose visual appearance matches the subject of the poem. A) ABC. B) Quatrain. C) Concrete. D) Acrostic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Concrete. 10. The use of words to convey a meaning that is opposite of its literal meaning A) Igloo. B) Into. C) Irony. D) Ironing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Irony. 11. A thing that represents or stands for something else A) Literal language. B) Simile. C) Symbol. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Symbol. 12. The pattern of a poem's rhythm is its ..... A) Beat. B) Rhythm scheme. C) Meter. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Meter. 13. What is Rhyming Couplets A) Pairs of rhyming lines, usually of the same meter and length. B) To give human qualities to something that is not human. 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: A) Pairs of rhyming lines, usually of the same meter and length. 14. An ode is a A) Short, simple poem with 20 syllables. B) Complex, lyric poem. C) Song-like poem of mourning. D) Type of poem frequently written by Shakespeare. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Complex, lyric poem. 15. Buzz, sizzle, splashare all examples of: A) Simile. B) Hyperbole. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Onomatopoeia. 16. Details extraordinary feats and adventures A) Stanza. B) Epic. C) Idiom. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Epic. 17. Set of ideas associated with it in addition to its explicit meaning A) Connotation. B) Denotation. C) Ballad. D) Figurative language. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Connotation. 18. Description that appeals to the senses of sight, sound, taste, touch, and smell A) Imagery. B) Syntax. C) Speaker. D) Assonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imagery. 19. There will be clues in stories that allow you to try to predict or ..... A) Analyze. B) Break apart. C) Make a good guess about what will happen next. D) Find out, choose or select. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Make a good guess about what will happen next. 20. The feelings the author's word choices give to the poem is ..... A) Form. B) Mood/tone. C) Rhyme. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mood/tone. ← 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