This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry > Poetry Terms – Quiz 486 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 486 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. As we walked, the colorful leaves crunched beneath our feet. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Imagery. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Imagery. 2. Nobody can beat level six. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Alliteration. E) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 3. A ..... states that one thing is actually something else without using the words like or as. A) Repetition. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Speaker. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 4. Measured in "feet" A) Rhythm. B) Rhyme. C) Connotation. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rhythm. 5. What is the meaning of rhyme in poetry? A) Words that sound the same (endings match). B) The feeling words give you. C) Descriptive words that help the reader picture what is happening. D) Refers to various parts of poetry, such as a single line of poetry, a stanza, or the entire poem. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Words that sound the same (endings match). 6. A figure of speech that compares two things using like or as A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 7. "The wind stood up and gave a shout" A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Imagery. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 8. What is sensory imagery? A) Description that involves one or more of the four senses sight, taste, smell and sound. B) Description that involves one or more of the five senses touch, sight, taste, smell and sound. C) Description that involves one or more of the three senses touch, sight, taste, and smell. D) An attitude of a writer toward a subject or an audience. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Description that involves one or more of the five senses touch, sight, taste, smell and sound. 9. "The moon shyly peeked through the clouds." A) Simile. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Repetition. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 10. A port city (where ships load and unload) in Louisiana, in the United States. A) Charlotte. B) New York. C) Harlem. D) New Orleans. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) New Orleans. 11. A (n) ..... is a seven-line poem that begins and ends with nouns that are opposites. The middle line is the longest and shows the change from one noun to another. A) Shape. B) "I Wish" poem. C) Syllable. D) Diamante. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Diamante. 12. ....., is not specific to the story, illustrated through the plot, confirms the author's purpose. A) Theme. B) Symbolism. C) Author's Purpose. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Theme. 13. My life is like a dream. Metaphor? A) Yes. B) No. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. 14. Repetition of words, phrases, or sentences that have the same grammatical structure or meaning. A) Personification. B) Paradox. C) Parallelism. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Parallelism. 15. He hopped happily. A) Personification. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Alliteration. E) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alliteration. 16. A comparison of two unlike things using "as" or "like" A) Hyperbole. B) Metaphor. C) Alliteration. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simile. 17. When two lines have the exact same rhyme and are next to each other. A) Approximate rhyme. B) Couplet. C) Alliteration. D) Rhythm. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Couplet. 18. Sounds that rhyme exactly A) Perfect Rhyme. B) Exact Rhyme. C) Matching Rhyme. D) Correct Rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Exact Rhyme. 19. A sestet is typically the ..... part of an Italian sonnet. It consists of ..... lines A) 14; 12. B) 1st; 8. C) An offer; i. D) &; i. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) &; i. 20. Humorous, rhyming, five line poems with a specific rhythm pattern and rhyme scheme A) Ballad. B) Concrete poem. C) Limerick. D) Free verse. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Limerick. ← 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