This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry > Poetry Terms – Quiz 468 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 468 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A comparison of unlike things using like or as A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Eye rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 2. Words that make a sound! BAM! Zap! Zoom! A) Alliteration. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Imagery. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Onomatopoeia. 3. An extreme exaggeration to make a point. A) Hyperbole. B) Lie. C) Alliteration. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 4. A repeated stanza or line(s) in a poem or song A) Cliche. B) Lyric. C) Anaphora. D) Refrain. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Refrain. 5. Patterned "movement" of language created by the choice of words and their arrangement A) Poetic voice. B) Image. C) Rhyme. D) Rhythm. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rhythm. 6. Giving the attributes of a human being to an animal, object, or concept. A) Irony. B) Personification. C) Apostrophe. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 7. A recurring pattern of beats in a poem or song. A) Rhyme. B) Repetition. C) Rhythm. D) Meter. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rhythm. 8. This is a humorous rhymed verse form of poetry with five lines A) Quatrain. B) Limerick. C) Haiku. D) Sonnet. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Limerick. 9. What poetic sound device is used in this sentence? The old door creaked on its hinges. A) Onomatopoeia. B) Internal rhyme. C) Personification. D) Assonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Onomatopoeia. 10. Contains a pair of contradictory words A) Oxymoron. B) Foot/feet. C) Connotation. D) Sound devices. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oxymoron. 11. The direct comparison made between 2 unlike things using a word such as "like, " "as, " "than, " "such as, " or "resembles." A) Anaphora. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Symbolism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 12. When discussing what the poem says, you refer to the A) Narrator. B) Speaker. C) Main character. D) Poet. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Speaker. 13. A synonym for rhythm A) Meter. B) Stanza. C) Tone. D) Rhyme scheme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Meter. 14. The word "understand' is an example of a what type of meter? A) Iamb. B) Anapest. C) Trochee. D) Dactyl. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anapest. 15. Walk in her shoes means ..... A) I have the same shoes. B) Feel what she feels. C) Go for a walk. D) Her shoes are good for walking. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Feel what she feels. 16. The comparison of two things using like or as A) Literal. B) Figurative. C) Simile. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 17. ..... is the pattern of rhyming words in a poem. A) Rhyme Scheme. B) Rhythm. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rhyme Scheme. 18. What type of poetry is this the definition for?A songlike narrative poem, usually featuring rhyme, rhythm, and a refrain. A) Haiku. B) Limerick. C) Ballad. D) Free Verse. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ballad. 19. "You were Romeo, I was a scarlet letter" is an example of ..... A) Simile. B) Paradox. C) Metaphor. D) Assonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 20. What literary device is this an example of?The fair breeze blow, the white foam flew, The furrow followed free; A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Alliteration. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. ← 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