This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry > Poetry Terms – Quiz 453 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 453 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. ..... is the pattern formed by end rhymes, is shown by a row of letters (aabb) in which a different letter of the alphabet signals each new rhyme. A) Rhyme. B) Internal Rhyme. C) End Rhyme. D) Rhyme Scheme. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rhyme Scheme. 2. The main unit of all poems. A) Poetry. B) Rhythm. C) Line. D) Stanzas. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Line. 3. The repetition of vowel sounds in accented syllables and all succeeding syllables A) Repetition. B) Rhyme. C) Hyperbole. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rhyme. 4. Meaning attributed to an object that is beyond its basic information A) Simile. B) Imagery. C) Shape. D) Symbolism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Symbolism. 5. Using language to appeal to the 5 senses (taste, touch, sound, smell, sight) A) Simile. B) Imagery. C) Tone. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Imagery. 6. Writing done in short lines A) Prose. B) Verse. C) Irregular structure. D) Stanzas. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Verse. 7. Which of these sentences is using imagery? A) Lime & time. B) The warmest season of the year, in the northern hemisphere from June to August. C) The car screamed when the key turned in the ignition. D) I could hear the popping and crackling as mom dropped the bacon into the frying pan, and soon the salty, greasy smell wafted toward me. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) I could hear the popping and crackling as mom dropped the bacon into the frying pan, and soon the salty, greasy smell wafted toward me. 8. Repeating identical or similar consonants in nearby words. A) Consonance. B) Alliteration. C) Assonance. D) Free verse. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Consonance. 9. Making a creative comparison that is not literally true or portraying a person place or thing as being something else is called a: A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Imagery. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 10. What is the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of two or more words? A) Theme. B) Assonance. C) Alliteration. D) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 11. Letters like B, C, D, F, G ..... found in the beginning or middle of words whose main vowels differ. The opposite of assonance; Example:shadow meadow; pressed, passed; sipped, supped. Owen uses this "impure rhyme" to convey the anguish of war and death. A) Assonance. B) Ballad. C) Blank verse. D) Consonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Consonance. 12. A long narrative poem about the adventures of a hero whose actions reflect the ideals and values of a nation or race. A) Myth. B) Epic poem. C) Epic simile. D) Invocation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Epic poem. 13. An exaggerated statement used to make a point A) Simile. B) Hyperbole. C) Metaphor. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 14. A word or phrase that means the same thing as another word A) Synonym. B) Metaphor. C) Alliteration. D) Stanza. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Synonym. 15. Repeated words or phrases for emphasis A) Rhyme scheme. B) Repetition. C) Stanza. D) Structure. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Repetition. 16. It's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice. A) Litotes. B) Chiasmus. C) Enjambment. D) Anaphora. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chiasmus. 17. What is the definition of the term:Hyperbole? A) A deliberate exaggeration or overstatement. B) Anything that stands for something else. In addition to having its own meaning and reality, a symbol also represents abstract ideas. C) A combination of words, or parts of words, that contradict each other (deafening silence). D) A type of figurative language in which a nonhuman subject is given human characteristics. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A deliberate exaggeration or overstatement. 18. On the surface, "The Road Not Taken" is about a walk in the woods. On a deeper level, what is the poem about? A) The poem is about how other people help us face major decisions. B) The poem is about loving nature and protecting natural habitats. C) The poem is about the conflicts people face when making important choices. D) The poem is about the importance of exercise and enjoying the outdoors. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The poem is about the conflicts people face when making important choices. 19. A verse form consisting of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme A) Sonnet. B) Couplet. C) Internal rhyme. D) Syntax. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sonnet. 20. Identify the Anaphora.Give me a sign that all is possible. Give me a sign that all hope for me is not lost. Oh, Spirit, kind Spirit, I beseech thee:give me a sign. A) Oh, Spirit, kind Spirit,. B) That all. C) Give me a sign. D) I beseech thee. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Give me a sign. ← 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