This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry > Poetry Terms – Quiz 492 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 492 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Giving human qualities to non-human things or ideas is known as ..... A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 2. A group of two or more lines together A) Indentation. B) Assonance. C) Stanza. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stanza. 3. A fixed form of poetry consisting of 14 lines, traditionally written in iambic pentameter A) Ballad. B) Sonnet. C) Blank verse. D) Narrative poem. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sonnet. 4. Language that means exactly what it says. A) Literal Language. B) Figurative Language. C) Imagery. D) Simile. E) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Literal Language. 5. Repetition of the same initial sound in a series of words, most often at the beginning of words A) Alliteration. B) Poetic theme. C) Poetic voice. D) Connotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 6. Rhyming words placed within a line (The mouse in the house woke the cat.) A) End rhyme. B) Alternating rhyme. C) Slant rhyme. D) Internal rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Internal rhyme. 7. Comparing two things without like or as A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 8. Poetry defined by its lack of structure A) Haiku. B) Free verse. C) Lyric poem. D) Narrative poem. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Free verse. 9. "word" pictures" that writers use to recreate vivid experiences and evoke an emotional response in readers A) Mood. B) Tone. C) Internal rhyme. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Imagery. 10. A type of word that sounds like the thing it is describing. A) Alliteration. B) Simile. C) Hyperbole. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Onomatopoeia. 11. Repetition of vowel sounds within words A) Assonance. B) Consonance. C) Alliteration. D) Anaphora. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Assonance. 12. Which of Bryant's poems contains his thoughts on death? A) "Thanatopsis". B) "To a Waterfowl". Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "Thanatopsis". 13. What is the use of words that imitate sounds? (Crash, bang, hiss, slpat) A) Sensory Language. B) Hyperbole. C) Figurative Language. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Onomatopoeia. 14. "The use of words that sound like what they describe" is a definition of: A) Onomatopoeia. B) Metaphor. C) Alliteration. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Onomatopoeia. 15. A tercet consists of ..... A) 6 lines. B) 3 lines. C) 4 lines. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 3 lines. 16. "I hope Hanna's house has heat, " is an example of which poetic device? A) Imagery. B) Assonance. C) Personification. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alliteration. 17. "Hope is the thing with feathersThat perches in the soul"is an example of A) Personification. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 18. Repetition of initial consonant sounds to give emphasis to words, to imitate sounds, and to create musical effects A) Alliteration. B) Assonance. C) Portmanteau words. D) Cliche. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 19. Words that are harsh sounding to the ear A) Alliteration. B) Assonance. C) Cacophony. D) Euphony. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cacophony. 20. The repetition of the beginning of a phrase or clause for emphasis. A) Metonymy. B) Anaphora. C) Enjambment. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anaphora. ← 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