This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry > Poetry Terms – Quiz 460 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 460 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Two rhymed lines A) Epic. B) Foot. C) Couplet. D) Iamb. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Couplet. 2. The use of something closely related for the thing actually meant A) Synecdoche. B) Understatement. C) Hyperbole. D) Metonymy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metonymy. 3. In the Poem by Robert Frost, "Nothing Gold Can Stay, " poetry is used to compare A) Things we love to things in nature that don't last long. B) A leaf to a dead tree. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Things we love to things in nature that don't last long. 4. Words that have the same end sound A) Rhyme. B) Rhyme scheme. C) Imagery. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rhyme. 5. The use of ..... s to represent ideas or qualities A) Figurative language. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Symbol. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Symbol. 6. ..... uses words in an imaginative way. It typically involves the use of metaphors, similes, and idioms. A) Imagery. B) Language. C) Figurative Language. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Figurative Language. 7. Language used to describe one thing in terms of something else. Language that is not intended to be taken literally. A) Connotation. B) Denotation. C) Figurative language. D) Symbolism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Figurative language. 8. Something that stands for or represents something else, especially a concrete object taken to represent something abstract is called: A) Imagery. B) Metaphor. C) Symbolism. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Symbolism. 9. Using the same words or phrases more than once for emphasis A) Personification. B) Imagery. C) Repetition. D) Rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Repetition. 10. What is a stanza with 3 lines? A) Couplet. B) Tercet. C) Sestet. D) Seven. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tercet. 11. Using the five senses to help the reader experience the way things taste, smell, and feel A) Free verse. B) Hyperbole. C) Metaphor. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Imagery. 12. A comparison developed over a series of lines rather than just within one line A) Consonance. B) Extended metaphor. C) Assonance. D) Apostrophe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Extended metaphor. 13. A single metrical line of poetry or poetry in general. A) Rhyme. B) Verse. C) Imagery. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Verse. 14. The attitude expressed toward a subject. A) Tone. B) Expression. C) Repeation. D) Traditional poem. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tone. 15. George Orwell's novel 1984 focuses on a totalitarian society in which the citizens are frequently reminded that their leader, Big Brother, is always watching. What is the meaning of the allusion in the sentence below? The headline read: "Smart Phones Becoming Big Brother." A) A nuisance that distracts people from important tasks. B) An important system that helps people stay safe. C) A threatening power that monitors all aspects of people's lives. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A threatening power that monitors all aspects of people's lives. 16. Two words placed together that have opposite meanings A) Oxymoron. B) Analogy. C) Alliteration. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oxymoron. 17. The beat in a poem caused by stressed and unstressed syllables in words. A) Refrain. B) Repetition. C) Variation. D) Rhythm. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rhythm. 18. "All's well that ends well." is an example of A) Assonance. B) Consonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Consonance. 19. The repetition of sounds in nearby words, usually involving the firstconsonant sounds of the words. A) Alliteration. B) Allusion. C) Rhyme. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 20. In the art of metal joineryA cracked pot fuses back together With precious molten liquid, Gleaming vein at the site of each breaking.This is what I became. A) Simile. B) Extended Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Extended Metaphor. ← 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