This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry > Poetry Terms – Quiz 487 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 487 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Lines that closely follow the natural rhythms of speech, not adhering to any specific rhyming or meter pattern A) Free verse. B) Villanelle. C) Euphony. D) Voice. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Free verse. 2. The following lines are an example of ..... rhyme. I am safe and warm Away from harm A) Internal rhyme. B) Near rhyme. C) Exact rhyme. D) Warm rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Near rhyme. 3. A sensory response evoked in the mind of a reader by the diction in a poem; not just visual but any sensory impression-sound, touch, taste, odor-inspired by language A) Idiom. B) Symbol. C) Hyperbole. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Imagery. 4. Which type of figurative language does the example below represent?The girls smile is as bright as a light bulb. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 5. Which sound device refers to the repitition of vowel sounds? A) Alliteration. B) Consonance. C) Assonance. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Assonance. 6. Something that has meaning in itself but also represents something else A) Theme. B) Verse. C) Lyric. D) Symbol. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Symbol. 7. .....is a synonym for "unstressed syllable" A) Slack syllable. B) Stroke. C) Time. D) Scazon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Slack syllable. 8. What is the attitude the poem's narrator (this may or may not be the actual poet) takes towards a subject or character:serious, humorous, sarcastic, ironic, concerned, tongue-in-cheek, solemn, objective, etc)? A) Theme. B) Topic. C) Diction. D) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tone. 9. The emotional influence of a word A) Connotation. B) Structure. C) Simile. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Connotation. 10. Direct comparison of unlike things not using like or as A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Idiom. D) Stanza. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 11. What is the use of any element of language, more than once? A) Repetition. B) Rhyme. C) Alliteration. D) Rhythm. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Repetition. 12. "The storm moaned and groaned as if it's stomach hurt." What human quality is NOT being given? A) Storming. B) Moaning. C) Groaning. D) Having a stomach ache. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Storming. 13. This is a word that represents a sound. Example:Zip, Bang, Boom, Crash A) Alliteration. B) Idiom. C) Simile. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Onomatopoeia. 14. A comparison using like or as is a ..... A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 15. The use of a word who's sound imitates its meaning. A) Metaphor. B) Outlet. C) Onion. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Onomatopoeia. 16. A ..... usually contains the words like or as. A) Stanza. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Line. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 17. Words or phrases that are repeated in writings to give emphasis A) Alliteration. B) Repetition. C) Assonance. D) Consonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Repetition. 18. A group of two or more lines that form a unit in a poem, like a paragraph in an essay A) End rhyme. B) Stanza. C) Couplet. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stanza. 19. Ordinary written or spoken language A) Prose. B) Free Verse. C) Allusion. D) Meter. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Prose. 20. Expression that doesn't make sense in a literal way, yet language users understand its meaning A) Alliteration. B) Metaphor. C) Idiom. D) Rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Idiom. ← 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