This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry > Poetry Terms – Quiz 491 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 491 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Rhyme within the same line A) Exact rhyme. B) Internal rhyme. C) Slant rhyme. D) Rhyme scheme. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Internal rhyme. 2. The repetition of consonant sounds is known as what: A) Assonance. B) Metaphor. C) Meter. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alliteration. 3. Ironic understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of its contrary A) Litotes. B) Hyperbole. C) Sarcasm. D) Synecdoche. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Litotes. 4. Which vocabulary word is being defined? The repetition of consonant sounds in the beginning of words. A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Alliteration. D) Rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 5. (She is pretty like a bird. He is as smart as cold as ice) A) Personification. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Meter. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 6. The speaker (or poet's) attitude towards the subject of the poem A) Symbolism. B) Tone. C) Figurative Language. D) Poem. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tone. 7. A metaphor is nonhuman human traits A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 8. The beat created by its pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables A) Rhyme. B) Rhythm. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rhythm. 9. Usually refers to a single line of poetry, but can mean any part of a poem or any poetry. A) Form. B) Free verse. C) Verse. D) Stanza. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Verse. 10. This is an attitude of a writer toward a subject or an audience. A) Tone. B) Theme. C) Alliteration. D) Assonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tone. 11. The literal meaning of a word A) Denotation. B) Connotation. C) Figurative language. D) Rooms. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Denotation. 12. Written work that tells a story through action and speech and is acted out A) Drama. B) Scene. C) Act. D) Props. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Drama. 13. A type of literature that uses the sounds, rhythms, and meanings of words to describe the world in striking and imaginative ways A) Poetry. B) Figurative language. C) Imagery. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Poetry. 14. Shows conflict with humor, is meant to be a funny play A) Playwright. B) Props. C) Cast. D) Comedy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Comedy. 15. Repetition of the initial consonant sound. A) Refrain. B) Stanza. C) Alliteration. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 16. Ending a line with a complete sentence or clause ..... ends with punctuation A) End Stop. B) Enjambment. C) Verse. D) Poetry. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) End Stop. 17. Its dictionary meaning, independent of other associations that the word may have A) Denotation. B) Cliche. C) Elegy. D) Connotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Denotation. 18. Which sentence is an example of assonance? A) Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. B) Sally really idealy needs a pearly cookie quickly. C) The heat is a neat treat for the wheat. D) I went to the store and bought bread, cheese, and ketchup. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The heat is a neat treat for the wheat. 19. The work of art spoke to us is an example of a ..... ? A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Idiom. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 20. Harsh, jarring sound; discord. A) Cacophony. B) Euphony. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Synecdoche. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cacophony. ← 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