This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry > Poetry Terms – Quiz 481 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 481 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the definition of a hyperbole? A) A comparison of two unlike things without using "like" or "as". B) A unit of language created to divide a poem. C) The positive attributes associated with a word or phrase. D) An extreme exaggeration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) An extreme exaggeration. 2. Japanese nature poem, three lines in length; 17 syllables, 5-7-5 A) Sonnet. B) Stanza. C) Haiku. D) Villanelle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Haiku. 3. The ideas and feelings associated with a word (positive, negative, or neutral) are the ..... A) Imagery. B) Metaphor. C) Connotation. D) Denotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Connotation. 4. What is:a repeated phrase appearing word for word? A) Parallelism. B) Alliteration. C) Repetition. D) Symbolism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Repetition. 5. A pair of lines next to each other than rhyme are called a rhyming ..... A) Doublet. B) Pair. C) Couplet. D) Duo. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Couplet. 6. The repetition of the first consonant sound in words A) Repetition. B) Alliteration. C) Consonance. D) Assonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 7. Refers to the voice that speaks the poem and is NOT usually the actual author of the poem; also known as a PERSONA (Latin for mask) A) Imagery. B) Diction. C) Tone. D) Speaker. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Speaker. 8. What is plagiarism? A) The use of another's original words or ideas. B) Borrowing from a source without giving credit. C) Both. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both. 9. Masculine rime A) When a reader is aware of something that a character isn't. B) A type of open form poetry in which the poet arranges the lines of the poem so as to create a particular shape on the page. C) Meter containing metrical feet that move from unstressed to stressed syllables. D) A rhyme of final stressed syllables. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A rhyme of final stressed syllables. 10. A reference to a famous person, place, event or other work of literature. A) Illusion. B) Allusion. C) Alliteration. D) Transplantation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Allusion. 11. A stated comparison of two things using the words like or as A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Couplet. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 12. A reference in literature to a person, place, event, or another passage of literature A) Symbolism. B) Allusion. C) Alliteration. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Allusion. 13. Describes one thing as if it were something else A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Imagery. D) Connotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 14. Is repeated vowel sounds in a line or lines of poetry A) Personification. B) Alliteration. C) Assonance. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Assonance. 15. Repetition of vowel sounds in words that don't end in the same consonant A) Alliteration. B) Assonance. C) Consonance. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Assonance. 16. Bitter or cutting speech, said with the intention to hurt A) Sarcasm. B) Satire. C) Verbal irony. D) Situational irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sarcasm. 17. A metrical unit consisting of a pair of unstressed-stressed syllables A) Iamb. B) Trochee. C) Sonnet. D) Ode. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Iamb. 18. "If I can't get a smartphone, I will die!" A) Hyperbole. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 19. What kind of poem is the following example from Crossover? "The Red Rockets, defending county champions, are in the house tonight.They brought their whole school.This place is oozing crimsonThey're beating ustwenty-nine to twenty-eightwith less than a minute to go.I'm at the free-throw line.All I have to do is make both shotsto take the lead.The first is up, UP, and ..... CLANK! ..... hits the rim ..... " A) Ode. B) Play-by-Play. C) Text. D) Description. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Play-by-Play. 20. A reference to another person, place or text A) Allusion. B) Analogy. C) Stanza. D) Poet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Allusion. ← 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