This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry > Poetry Terms – Quiz 475 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 475 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Repetition of the same beginning consonant sounds A) Allusion. B) Alliteration. C) Simile. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 2. Rhyme that occurs within a line of a verse. A) Alliteration (aliteracion). B) Internal rhyme (rima interna). Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Internal rhyme (rima interna). 3. A combination of two words that appear to contradict each other (such as: "bittersweet" ) A) Oxymoron. B) Allusion. C) Imagery. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oxymoron. 4. A group of lines in a poem, much like a paragraph in prose A) Stanza. B) Metaphor. C) Theme. D) Figurative language. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stanza. 5. When talking about poetry, what is meter? A) The length of the poem. B) The "beat" of the poem. C) The sound of the poem. D) The look of the poem. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The "beat" of the poem. 6. A magazine article is an example of ..... A) Poetry. B) Prose. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Prose. 7. Descriptive language that asks you to use your senses when creating a picture in your head A) Imagery. B) Simile. C) Couplet. D) Cesura. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imagery. 8. What do a quatrain, sestet, tercet and a quintain all have in common? A) Rhytm's. B) Couplet's. C) Rhyme scheme. D) Stanza's. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Stanza's. 9. Poetry without a rhyming structure or a particular rhythm. A) Free verse. B) Limerick. C) Haiku. D) Acrostic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Free verse. 10. Using images or symbols to represent an idea A) Allegory. B) Allusion. C) Symbolism. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Symbolism. 11. "The garbage reached across the state, From New York to the Golden Gate"These lines are an example of ..... A) Simile. B) Hyperbole. C) Personification. D) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 12. The place where the poet chooses to end a line, often used to indicate rhythm or to represent meaning. A) Refrain. B) Structure. C) Line break. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Line break. 13. The speaker's attitude towards a subject A) Alliteration. B) Tone. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Formal verse. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tone. 14. What is the main purpose of poetry. A) To give students a headache. B) Money. C) For entertainment purposes. D) I don't know. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) For entertainment purposes. 15. Which of these contains an adjective? A) The grey clouds. B) My shoes. C) Running quickly. D) At the shops. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The grey clouds. 16. A word, phrase, line or group of lines repeated regularly in a poem or song usually at the end of a stanza is: A) Meter. B) Scanning. C) A refrain. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A refrain. 17. Two or three syllable rhyme, unstressed final syllable (motion-notion, daughter-water, permanent-tournament) A) Resonating. B) Feminine. C) Eye Rhyme. D) Internal Rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Feminine. 18. A poem mourning the dead A) Ode. B) Ballad. C) Sonnet. D) Elegy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Elegy. 19. A poem in which words are spelled out through the first letter of each line A) Acrostic. B) Concrete. C) Blues poem. D) Prose. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Acrostic. 20. Which word means "the overall organization of lines and/or the conventional patterns of sound" ? A) Structure. B) Syntax. C) Form. D) Word choice. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Structure. ← 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