This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry > Poetry Terms – Quiz 67 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 67 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The beat or pulse of a poem A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Rhythm. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rhythm. 2. Two lines of verse, usually in the same meter and joined by rhyme, that form a unit. A) Synthetic. B) Octet. C) Sestet. D) Couplet. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Couplet. 3. The patterns of rhymes at the ends of the lines. A) Symbol. B) Theme. C) Rhythm. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rhythm. 4. What are stanzas? A) Song lyrics. B) Tasty desserts. C) A group of lines in poetry. D) Single lines of poetry. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A group of lines in poetry. 5. Define Onomatopoeia A) The formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named. B) The attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form. C) The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. D) An expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named. 6. The most musical of literary forms A) Poetry. B) Lines. C) Meter. D) Couplet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Poetry. 7. The repetition of consonant sounds, most often at the beginning of the words A) Rhythm. B) Rhyme. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alliteration. 8. The writer or speaker's attitude toward the subject and the audience. A writer's tone can be serious, sarcastic, tongue-in-cheek, solemn, objective, etc. A) Mood. B) Shape. C) Tone. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tone. 9. A word, such as plop, buzz, or snap, whose sound suggests its meaning. A) Consonance. B) Assonance. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Onomatopoeia. 10. "The author spoke with great distrust towards the characters" is an example of: A) Rhyme. B) Tone. C) Intonation. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tone. 11. A poem which contains 14 lines, juxtaposes two ideas, and contains a volta. A) Sestina. B) Limerick. C) Villanelle. D) Sonnet. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sonnet. 12. Choice of words, phrases, sentence structures & figurative language in a poem; can range from colloquial-formal, literal-figurative, or concrete-abstract A) Diction. B) End-Stopped. C) Epiphany. D) Figurative Language. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Diction. 13. The feeling that the author's words make A) Tone. B) Mood. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mood. 14. My stomach did a backflip. A) Personification. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 15. Which of these is the correct definition of enjambment? A) Take delight or pleasure in (an activity or occasion). B) Try hard to do or achieve something. C) When a phrase, a clause, or a sentence in a line of poetry doesn't finish at the line break but spills over into the next line. D) A person or thing that is mysterious, puzzling, or difficult to understand. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) When a phrase, a clause, or a sentence in a line of poetry doesn't finish at the line break but spills over into the next line. 16. Expression or attitude shown by the speaker or author in a poem; line length helps determine the rhythm and pace of the reading-short sentences tend to be read faster; long sentences tend to be read slower. A) Theme. B) Tone. C) Speaker. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tone. 17. How many lines does a cinquain have? A) 2. B) 3. C) 4. D) 5. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 5. 18. Read this line and say what perspective it is written in:The girl went to the shop. She went and bought a mop. A) First person. B) Second person. C) Third person. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Third person. 19. Which term refers to a group of lines in a poem? A) Verse. B) Refrain. C) Stanza. D) Form. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stanza. 20. A group of consecutive lines in a poem that function as a unit, usually separated by double spaces. A) Stanza. B) Sonnet. C) Pun. D) Meter. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stanza. ← 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