This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry > Poetry Terms – Quiz 448 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 448 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the definition of figurative language? A) Language NOT meant to be interpreted exactly. B) Dictionary definition of a word. C) Suggested meaning of a word. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Language NOT meant to be interpreted exactly. 2. Dictionary definition of the word A) Connotation. B) Dictionary. C) Denotation. D) Feelings, thoughts. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Denotation. 3. 4 line poem A) Quatrain. B) Couplet. C) Ballad. D) Haiku. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Quatrain. 4. What is the pattern of words that rhyme at the end of the verse? A) Rhyme. B) Meter. C) Rhyme scheme. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rhyme scheme. 5. The beat of a poem is called a ..... A) Rhythm. B) Connotation. C) Allusion. D) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rhythm. 6. A reference to something or someone famous or well-known A) Metaphor. B) Allusion. C) Simile. D) Symbol. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Allusion. 7. Group of lines in a poem A) Stanza. B) Paragraph. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stanza. 8. "How long, woman? That is decided; done; finished." ~~ MEDEA A) Multi-connectors. B) Alliteration. C) Unrelated. D) Incremental repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Unrelated. 9. Words that represent sound are called? A) Personification. B) Alliteration. C) Simile. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Onomatopoeia. 10. A type of poem with rules to be followed when writing. A) Form. B) End Rhyme. C) Line. D) Message. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Form. 11. What literary device is this?"Hey diddle, diddle, The cat and the fiddle, The cow jumped over the moon;The little dog laughedTo see such sport, And the dish ran away with the spoon." A) Metaphor. B) Symbol. C) Alliteration. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 12. What is the repetition of sounds at the ends of words called? A) Rhyme. B) Alliteration. C) Assonance. D) Refrain. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rhyme. 13. Trochee or trochaic A) Unstressed stressed. B) Stressed unstressed. C) Unstressed unstressed stressed. D) Stressed unstressed unstressed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stressed unstressed. 14. Giving human qualities to objects or animals A) Personification. B) Hyperbole. C) Repetition. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 15. A literary term in which one representative part stands for the whole. A) Allusion. B) Synecdoche. C) Onomatopoeia. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Synecdoche. 16. What are words or phrases repeated throughout the poem? A) Rhyme scheme. B) Rhythm. C) Repetition. D) Rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Repetition. 17. The ..... of a poem is the speaker's attitude towards the subject they are talking about while the ..... of a poem is the emotions created within the reader who is reading the poem. A) Tone, mood. B) Mood, tone. C) Motif, theme. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tone, mood. 18. Another word for conflict in a poem ..... A) Tension. B) I am conflicted. C) Setting. D) Mood. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tension. 19. The continuation of a thought from one line to the next in poetry. A) Allusion. B) Internal rhyme. C) Enjambment. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Enjambment. 20. Human qualities attributed to an object, animal or idea. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. ← 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