This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry > Poetry Terms – Quiz 56 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 56 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Repeating of consonant sounds at the beginning of words A) Assonance. B) Consonance. C) Alliteration. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 2. The central message of the poem, the moral A) Comedy. B) Theme. C) Cast. D) Monologue. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Theme. 3. Two line of the same length that rhyme and complete one thought. A) Rhyming couplet. B) Simile. C) Pun. D) Limerick. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rhyming couplet. 4. Rhythmical patterns of stressed and unstressed syllables in poetry A) Meter. B) Tone. C) Mood. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Meter. 5. Which of the following is an example of personification? A) She wilted like a flower. B) The flowers smiled and danced in the garden. C) Your beauty is that of a rose. D) Red roses ring the flower bed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The flowers smiled and danced in the garden. 6. What is assonance? A) The repetition of the sound at the beginning of words. B) The repetition of a vowel sound in the middle of words. C) The repetition of consonants in the middle of words. D) Repetition of words or phrases. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The repetition of a vowel sound in the middle of words. 7. The attitude or mood the author creates A) Theme. B) Tone. C) Narrative. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tone. 8. A ..... is an object that represents something bigger than itself. (Heart=Love) A) Simile. B) Personification. C) Hyperbole. D) Symbol. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Symbol. 9. Repetition of a sound or letter at the beginning of neighboring words. A) Alliteration. B) Assounance. C) Denotation. D) Connotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 10. Arrange and repeat vowels, and smooth consonants (l, m, n, y, w) to create flowing and pleasing sound A) Alliteration. B) Diction. C) Euphony. D) Assonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Euphony. 11. It's Like Watching Paint Dry Ray Henson has spoken out about his recent attempt to watch a wildly popular British period drama with his wife. "The show was about two hours long, but nothing happened, " Mr. Henson complained. Mr. Henson said that the show was about as exciting as watching paint dry. What type of figurative language is used? A) Idiom. B) Personification. C) Metaphor. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Idiom. 12. A deliberate exaggeration A) Hyperbole. B) Alliteration. C) Metaphor. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 13. The following line is an example of which metrical foot? " "Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, " A) Dactyl. B) Anapest. C) Iamb. D) Trochee. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Iamb. 14. A grouped set of lines within a poem (similar to a paragraph) A) Stanza. B) Poetry. C) Rhyme scheme. D) Mood. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stanza. 15. The wedding ring showed our dedication to each other. A) Metaphor. B) Symbol. C) Simile. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Symbol. 16. 'proud pain of new button boot' contains two examples of A) Alliteration. B) Rhyme. C) Metaphor. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 17. Repeating of words or lines in poetry A) Rhyme. B) Rhythm. C) Repetition. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Repetition. 18. Repetition of beginning consonant sounds in words A) Onomatopoeia. B) Allusion. C) Alliteration. D) Consonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 19. Poetry that has no reguar rhyme or rhythm A) Ballad. B) Elegy. C) Free verse. D) Ode. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Free verse. 20. Poems of praise that often exhibit complex metrical patterns A) Free verse. B) Ballad poetry. C) Dramatic poetry. D) Ode. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ode. ← 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