This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry > Poetry Terms – Quiz 459 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 459 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Repeated VOWEL sounds in a line or lines of poetry. A) Assonance. B) Alliteration. C) Rhyme. D) Ballad. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Assonance. 2. If I go crazy, then will you still call me Superman?If I'm alive and well, will you be there and holding my hand?is an example of ..... A) Allegory. B) Alliteration. C) Allusion. D) Assonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Allusion. 3. The voice talking to us in the poem is not always the voice of the poet him/herself ..... we call this voice the ..... A) Point of view. B) Eyes. C) Narrator. D) Speaker. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Speaker. 4. Voice in the poem; the person or thing that is speaking A) Speaker. B) Refrain. C) Lyric poem. D) Narrative poem. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Speaker. 5. A narrative poem of popular origin is sometimes called a: A) Elegy. B) Lyric. C) Haiku. D) Ballad. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ballad. 6. Let's try this again! A simile can be defined as ..... A) A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two things using connecting words, such as "like" or "as." Ex:My grandpa is as old as dirt. My girlfriend is like a beautiful flower. B) When words have the same or similar sounds. C) Descriptive words or phrases that appeal to any of the five senses or any combination of senses; often creates an image or idea in the reader's mind. D) When an object or action means something more than its literal meaning. Ex:A flag represents patriotism. A dove symbolizes peace. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two things using connecting words, such as "like" or "as." Ex:My grandpa is as old as dirt. My girlfriend is like a beautiful flower. 7. The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in language A) Irony. B) Assonance. C) Lyric. D) Syntax. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Syntax. 8. Repetition is when a writer repeats words or phrases in order to ..... a point. A) Emphasize. B) Take away from. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Emphasize. 9. Cataloging A) Repetition of people, things, or attributes. B) Recording one's thoughts. C) Creating a code in a poem. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Repetition of people, things, or attributes. 10. A work that makes fun of another work by imitating some aspect of the writers; style A) Cliche. B) Parody. C) Satire. D) Aside. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Parody. 11. Consonant sounds repeated at the beginnings of words is known as ..... (ex:Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers) A) Alliteration. B) Assonance. C) Consonance. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 12. The literal or dictionary definition of a word. A) Imagery. B) Denotation. C) Connotation. D) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Denotation. 13. A fourteen-line poem, usually written in iambic pentameter. A) Sonnet. B) Limerick. C) Ballad. D) Epic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sonnet. 14. Decasyllable A) Line consisting of 10 syllables. B) Unrhymed iambic pentameter. C) Foot consisting of 2 unstressed syllables followed by a stress. D) Continuation of sense and rhythmic movement from one line to the next; also called a "run-on" line. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Line consisting of 10 syllables. 15. He is as quick as a fox. Life is like a box of chocolates A) Metaphor. B) Rhyme. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simile. 16. A 3-line Japanese poem A) Haiku. B) Ode. C) Sonnet. D) Free Verse. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Haiku. 17. Words that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions to which they refer. A) Rhyme. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Onomatopoeia. 18. Groups of lines (4 or more) A) Couplet. B) Stanza. C) Sonnet. D) Limerick. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stanza. 19. At its peak I stood; its base I pondered. To win or lose are both downhill. A) Metaphor. B) Irony. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Irony. 20. Writing that is not poetic (ordinary writing without meter) A) Verse. B) Prose. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Prose. ← 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