This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry > Poetry Terms – Quiz 61 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 61 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. "Fast as lightning" is an example of: A) Rhyme. B) Meter. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 2. Tone is ..... A) A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two things without using connecting words, such as "like" or "as." It says one thing is the other thing. Ex:Love is a battlefield. B) The measured arrangement of sounds/beats in a poem, including the poet's placement of emphasis and the number of syllables per line. C) A brief reference to a real or fictional person, event, place, or work of art. D) The author's attitude toward a subject, created by the author's specific word choices and poetic structure. Ex:positive, negative, awestruck, encouraging, etc. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The author's attitude toward a subject, created by the author's specific word choices and poetic structure. Ex:positive, negative, awestruck, encouraging, etc. 3. An expression where the literal meaning of the words is not the meaning of the words is not the meaning of the expression. It means something other than what it actually says. A) Alteration. B) Personification. C) Idioms. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Idioms. 4. A line of poetry. Also used to refer to poetry in general that possesses more formal qualities. A) Synaesthesia. B) Tone. C) Verse. D) Time. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Verse. 5. Which connotation is MORE positive? Some of the monkeys made ..... faces. A) Amusing. B) Hilarious. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hilarious. 6. A sestet consists of ..... A) 6 lines. B) 7 lines. C) 8 lines. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 6 lines. 7. What poetic device is used in the following title? Lilly's purple plastic purse A) Alliteration. B) Anaphora. C) Allusion. D) Assonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 8. Musical quality in language produced by repetition A) Rhyme. B) Rhythm. C) Ballad. D) Sonnet. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rhythm. 9. Attitude a writer takes toward a subject A) Onomatopoeia. B) Symbol. C) Speaker. D) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tone. 10. Discordance of rough or harsh sounds A) Cacophony. B) Euphony. C) Synesthesia. D) Enjambment. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cacophony. 11. A type of figurative language in which a nonhuman subject is given human characteristics A) Onomatopoeia. B) Personification. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 12. A humorous 5-line poem; usually begins with "There once was a ..... "; the third and fourth lines are shorter than lines 1, 3, & 5; rhyme scheme is AABBA A) Limerick. B) Haiku. C) Quatrain. D) Free verse. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Limerick. 13. What is personification? A) Comparing two things. B) When something non-human is given human qualities. C) The sound a word makes. D) A row in a poem. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) When something non-human is given human qualities. 14. The main unit of all poems is a ..... A) Stanza. B) Rhyme. C) Line. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Line. 15. A group of lines in a poem, separated by space A) Rhythm. B) Rhyme. C) Poetry. D) Stanza. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Stanza. 16. One unit of rhythm in a poem that shows the stressed/unstressed pattern A) Rhyme. B) Syllable. C) Meter. D) Foot. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Foot. 17. The aroma of chocolate filled the air. A) Auditory. B) Visual. C) Olfactory. D) Gustatory. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Olfactory. 18. The repetition of vowel sounds within non-rhyming words is called ..... A) Alliteration. B) Assonance. C) Consonance. D) Meter. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Assonance. 19. Same Starting Sound in nearby words A) Imagery. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Simile. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alliteration. 20. Poetry is written in ..... A) Paragraphs. B) Lines and stanzas. C) Stanzas and paragraphs. D) Fragments. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lines and stanzas. ← 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