This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry > Poetry Terms – Quiz 488 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 488 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A rhyme that pairs sounds that are similar but not exactly the same A) End rhyme. B) Internal rhyme. C) Near or slant rhyme. D) Eye or sight rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Near or slant rhyme. 2. What is the term for when a word, phrase, or line is said/written more than once? A) Assonance. B) Alliteration. C) Repetition. D) Consonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Repetition. 3. Read the sentences and answer the question. Winning by seven strokes, Tiger Woods won the tournament. Winning by seven strokes, Tiger Woods dominated the tournament. How does the connotation of the word dominated in the second sentence convey the author's purpose? A) It shows that he won by a small margin. B) It emphasizes that he easily won. C) It implies that he played with arrogance and pride. D) It implies that he cheated in order to win. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It emphasizes that he easily won. 4. Why do idioms not translate well to other languages? A) They usually refer to something specific to a language or culture. B) The words in idioms are too complex for non-native speakers to understand. C) Only the English language uses idioms. D) You have to know the literal meanings of all the words in an idiom to understand it. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They usually refer to something specific to a language or culture. 5. Giving human qualities to an object or idea is ..... A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Homophone. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 6. What is an Assonance A) The repetition of vowel sounds within words. B) A repeated passage. C) The repetition of similar sounds at the beginning of words. D) A worker. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The repetition of vowel sounds within words. 7. Group of set lines in a poem A) Stanza. B) Foot. C) Refrain. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stanza. 8. Repeated use of sounds, words, or ideas to make a point or create a rhythm. A) Rhythm. B) Rhyme. C) Repetition. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Repetition. 9. "The arrangement of lines separated by an empty line" is ..... A) End Rhyme. B) In Room. C) A Quatrain. D) Assonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In Room. 10. An object used to stand for something else A) Allusion. B) Symbolism. C) Imagery. D) Confusing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Symbolism. 11. A poem that tells a story with a plot, characters, setting, dialogue, etc. A) Ballad. B) Lyric poem. C) Sonnet. D) Narrative poem. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Narrative poem. 12. Four-lined stanza A) Quatrain. B) Tetrameter. C) Pentameter. D) Couplet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Quatrain. 13. A short poem with a song like quality A) Lyric. B) Narrative. C) Dramatic. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lyric. 14. A type of narrative poetry written in four-line rhyming stanzas A) Free verse. B) Concrete poetry. C) Lyric poetry. D) Narrative poetry. E) Ballad. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Ballad. 15. What is an Octave A) 9 lines. B) 10 lines. C) 3 lines. D) 8 lines. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 8 lines. 16. The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of two or more words. A) Alliteration. B) Imagery. C) Personification. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 17. What term is described as the central idea of a work? A) Tone. B) Haiku. C) Theme. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Theme. 18. The following line is an example of which metrical foot? "Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse;" A) Dactyl. B) Anapest. C) Spondee. D) Trochee. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anapest. 19. Poems should be read with good speed, clarity, and ..... A) Body movement. B) Tone of voice. C) Expression. D) Good posture. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Expression. 20. Rhymes that occur in the middle of a line are ..... A) Internal rhyme. B) End rhymes. C) Near/slant rhyme. D) Shakespearean. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Internal rhyme. ← 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