This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry > Poetry Terms – Quiz 449 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 449 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Approximate Rhyme A) Occurs when end words of lines sound alike but are not identical. B) When a rhyme occurs within a single line. C) Occurs when ends of lines share the same sound. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Occurs when end words of lines sound alike but are not identical. 2. What word is defined as "the dictionary definition of a word" ? A) Connotation. B) Denotation. C) Allusion. D) Literal meaning. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Denotation. 3. A row of texts within a poem A) Line or Verse. B) Verse. C) Line. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 4. What is the meaning of the word WOOED from line 10 of the poem? A) Complimented. B) Tried to get their attention. C) Sought the love of. D) Angered. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sought the love of. 5. Free Verse is: A) A song by Lynyrd Skynyrd/. B) Poetry does not have regular meter or rhyme scheme. C) The pattern of rhyming sounds. D) A regular pattern of accented and unaccented syllables that give poetry a beat. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Poetry does not have regular meter or rhyme scheme. 6. The coolness of nightRefreshes my skinThe stars shine so bright.Causing me to grin. What is the rhyme scheme? A) ABBA. B) AABB. C) ABAC. D) Father. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Father. 7. Language that is literal. A) Meter. B) Literal language. C) Extended metaphor. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Literal language. 8. The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of nearby words Creates musical effect A) Alliteration. B) Analogy. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Assonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 9. Four-line unit in a poem A) Quatrain. B) Sestet. C) Couplet. D) Octave. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Quatrain. 10. "Open Form" is also called ..... A) Free Verse. B) Closed Form. C) Limerick. D) Frank. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Free Verse. 11. What is the definition of inversion? A) When a word means the opposite of something. B) When the normal order of words is reversed. C) A comparison made between two unlike things. D) When something bad happens. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) When the normal order of words is reversed. 12. N. a word or phrase spelled by rearranging the letters of another word or phrase A) Anagram. B) Autograph. C) Diagram. D) Grammar. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anagram. 13. The emotional suggestions attached to words beyond their strict definitions A) Denotation. B) Idiom. C) Connotation. D) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Connotation. 14. A comparison between two things using the word like or as. A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Figurative language. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simile. 15. Which of the following is not a characteristic of a line? A) Is a complete sentence/thought. B) 1 word, phrase, or can be a sentence. C) May be short or long. D) Are not necessarily a complete sentence or thought. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is a complete sentence/thought. 16. What term means:a short poem descriptive of rural or pastoral life A) Dirge. B) Epic. C) Ballad. D) Free verse. E) Eclogue. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Eclogue. 17. What is the most logical line to complete the poem? Mary had a little poodle All day long she ate a ..... A) Noodle. B) Lamb. C) No clue. D) Llama. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Noodle. 18. Funny poems; last line is usually the punch line A) Assonance. B) Repetition. C) Limerick. D) End-stop. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Limerick. 19. What is the purpose of a symbol in poetry? A) Anything that represents something else. B) To compare two seemingly unlike things using 'like' or 'as'. C) To describe one thing as if it were something else. D) To give human qualities to something that is not human. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anything that represents something else. 20. A poem centered on themes of death and dying A) Ode. B) Epic. C) Elegy. D) Sonnet. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Elegy. ← 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