This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry > Poetry Terms – Quiz 470 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 470 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The message about human nature that author conveys to the reader. A) Moral. B) Lesson. C) Theme. D) Stanza. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Theme. 2. The Odyssey is a(n) A) Epic poem. B) Occasional poem. C) Dramatic poem. D) Limerick. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Epic poem. 3. The overall pattern of rhyming words in an entire poem A) Rhyme scheme. B) Couplet. C) Stanza. D) Poetry. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rhyme scheme. 4. I wandered lonely as a cloudThat floats on high o'er vales and hills, When all at once I saw a crowd, A host, of golden daffodils;Beside the lake, beneath the trees, Fluttering and dancing in the breeze. How many lines in this stanza? A) 2. B) 1. C) 5. D) 6. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 6. 5. Which option has the most POSITIVE (+) connotation? My friend is very careful about spending money. I admire that, so I call him ..... A) Thrifty. B) Stingy. C) Miserly. D) Selfish. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Thrifty. 6. A traditional Japanese poetic form. It consists of three unrhymed lines with specific syllable counts:five syllables in the first line, seven syllables in the second and five in the third. Haikus are often about nature and the seasons. A) Haiku. B) Sonnet. C) Limerick. D) Stanza. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Haiku. 7. Appeals to the senses to create a picture for the reader A) Imagery. B) Allusion. C) Tone. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imagery. 8. Time flies by! A) Idiom. B) Simile. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Idiom. 9. Words ending in the same sound A) Alliteration. B) Repetition. C) Rhythm. D) Rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rhyme. 10. The repetition of vowel sounds. Hear the mellow wedding bells.-"Bells" by Edgar Allan Poe A) Alliteration. B) Consonance. C) Assonance. D) Rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Assonance. 11. Popular narrative passed down orally. A) Ballad. B) Epic. C) Romance. D) Narrative. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ballad. 12. She sells seashells A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Alliteration. D) Consonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 13. An emphasized or recurring concept in a piece of writing. Ex. death, love, rejection A) Metaphor. B) Motif. C) Mothra. D) Mood. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Motif. 14. A comparison between two unlike items using the words 'like' or 'as' A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Connotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 15. Which is the correct definition for Internal Rhyme? A) An exact rhyme within a line of poetry. B) An exaggeration for effect. C) Unrhymed iambic pentameter. D) Unacknowledged reference and quotations that authors assume their readers will recognize. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An exact rhyme within a line of poetry. 16. The form of poetry characterized by following a set structure. Depending on the form, they may have a set number of lines, stanzas or rhyme scheme. A) Traditional. B) Rhythm. C) Onomatopoeia. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Traditional. 17. Rhythmical pattern determined by the number and arrangement of stressed syllables in each line A) Meter. B) Rhyme. C) Figurative language. D) Iambic pentameter. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Meter. 18. ..... is the use of repeated words or phrases. A) Rhyme. B) Refrain. C) Line. D) Free verse. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Refrain. 19. What is "the recurring pattern of strong and weak syllabic stresses" ? A) Rhythm. B) Imagery. C) Ballad. D) Couplet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rhythm. 20. What is a chapter? A) Group of words that express a complete thought. B) Sentences that are grouped together. C) Words of sentences that quote what a person has said. D) Major division of a novel. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Major division of a novel. ← 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