This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry > Poetry Terms – Quiz 62 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 62 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The most important point in a line of poetry; the pause or breath at the end of a line A) Tone. B) Mood. C) Line break. D) Collection. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Line break. 2. "loud tie / soft blue / feel blue / noisy painting / She looks hot. / painful thought / screaming pink / taste in clothes / smell fear / sweet person / music stinks / thick words" are examples of ..... A) Anaphora. B) Chiasmus. C) Synesthesia. D) Synecdoche. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Synesthesia. 3. The rhyme scheme of a poem is ..... A) The pattern of rhyme. B) The rhythm. C) A plan to end the poem. D) In free verse poetry. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The pattern of rhyme. 4. An emotional or social association with a word, giving meaning beyond the literal definition A) Denotation. B) Connotation. C) Diction. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Connotation. 5. What is a metaphor in poetry? A) A form of poetry that follows a specific rhyme scheme. B) A type of punctuation used to separate items in a list. C) A figure of speech that compares two unlike things by stating that one thing is another thing. D) A type of poem that tells a story. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A figure of speech that compares two unlike things by stating that one thing is another thing. 6. Why do poets use repetition? A) To create a sing song effect to the poem. B) To make you get an image in your head. C) To create suspense in poetry. D) Emphasize a feeling or idea, create rhythm, stress importance, and/or develop a sense of urgency. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Emphasize a feeling or idea, create rhythm, stress importance, and/or develop a sense of urgency. 7. Slant Rhyme A) Words that rhyme, but are written at a slant. B) Words that almost rhyme, but don't really. C) Words that rhyme completely. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Words that almost rhyme, but don't really. 8. When what is expected is different from what actually happens A) Imagery. B) Irony. C) Hyperbole. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Irony. 9. What is a synecdoche? A) Serious piece involving moral or spiritual advice. B) Figure of speech where a part equals the whole. C) The way the author feels about the piece. D) When the main idea in a sentence comes before a clause. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Figure of speech where a part equals the whole. 10. What is the definition of simile? A) A comparison of two ( unlike) things using the words "like", "as", or "thank". B) The normal order of the words in a poem is mixed up to create an affect. C) The repetition of consonant sounds in a line of poetry. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A comparison of two ( unlike) things using the words "like", "as", or "thank". 11. Comparison of two things using the words "like" or "as." A) Metaphor. B) Hyperbole. C) Simile. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 12. Imagery that uses words and phrases that appeal to the five senses:sight, sound, smell, touch, & taste A) Simile. B) Tone. C) Sensory detail. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sensory detail. 13. The holy time is quiet as a nun(William Wordsworth, "On the Beach at Calais" ) A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Alliteration. D) Assonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 14. A group of lines in a poem set off by blank lines. It usually develops one idea. Something like a paragraph in a prose. A) Stanza. B) Tone. C) Quatrain. D) Voice. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stanza. 15. Sections (paragraphs) of a poem are called A) Stanzas. B) Rhyme. C) Lines. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stanzas. 16. Carla put her foot in her mouth really means ..... A) Carla takes yoga classes. B) She said something embarrassing. C) Carla ate a snack. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She said something embarrassing. 17. That man is a snake. A) Personification. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 18. The way the words, lines, groups of lines are arranged A) Foot. B) Structure. C) Rhyme scheme. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Structure. 19. ..... takes place when two or more words, close to one another repeat the same consonant sounds A) Alligator. B) Alliteration. C) AllenTown. D) AllStar. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 20. "Winter's icy grip caused people to shudder and flock back to their homes." What is being personified? A) Winter. B) People. C) Homes. D) Grip. 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