This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry > Poetry Terms – Quiz 69 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 69 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the term for the use of words that imitate sounds? A) Onomatopoeia. B) Metaphor. C) Alliteration. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Onomatopoeia. 2. A rhyme that occurs in two consecutive (back to back) lines of poetry is called a ..... A) Couplet. B) Metre. C) Tone. D) Mood. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Couplet. 3. A Simple Love Poem Your gran'ma, in her youth, was quiteAs blithe a little maid as you.And, though her hair is snowy white, Her eyes still have their maiden blue, And on her checks, as fair as thine, Methinks a girlish blush would glowIf she recalled the valentineShe got, ah! many years ago. A valorous youth loved gran'ma then, And wooed her in that auld lang syne;And first he told his secret whenHe sent the maid that valentine, No perfumed page nor sheet of goldWas that first hint of love he sent, But with the secret gran'pa told ..... "I love you" ..... gran'ma was content. Go, ask your gran'ma if you will, If ..... though her head be bowed and gray ..... If ..... though her feeble pulse be chill ..... True love abideth not for aye;By that quaint portrait on the wall, That smiles upon her from above, Methinks your gran'ma can recallThe sweet divinity of love. Dear Elsie, here 's no page of gold ..... No sheet embossed with cunning art ..... But here 's a solemn pledge of old:"I love you, love, with all my heart."And if in what I send you hereYou read not all of love expressed, Go ..... go to gran'ma, Elsie dear, And she will tell you all the rest! Which sentence summarizes the speaker's thoughts in the poem? A) Love requires fancy notes and gifts. B) A simple "I love you" is good enough. C) Grandma looks the same as when she was young. D) Grandma started to look a lot older and has white hair. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A simple "I love you" is good enough. 4. Internal Rhyme A) The ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of a poem or verse. B) The continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line, couplet, or stanza. C) The repetition of a consonant sound at the beginning of multiple words in a line. D) A rhyme involving a word in the middle of a line and another at the end of the line or in the middle of the next. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A rhyme involving a word in the middle of a line and another at the end of the line or in the middle of the next. 5. Language that strongly appeals to the senses A) Imagery. B) Symbolism. C) Personification. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imagery. 6. Ode A) The words are arranged on the page to make a shape that suggests the topic of the poem. B) A lyrical verse written in praise of or dedicated to someone. C) A speech. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A lyrical verse written in praise of or dedicated to someone. 7. An exaggeration or overstatement A) Personification. B) Simile. C) Hyperbole. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 8. This occurs when one line ends without a pause or any punctuation and continues onto the next line. A) Meter. B) Free Verse. C) Stanza. D) Enjambment. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Enjambment. 9. It is the repetition of vowel sounds within words. A) Alliteration. B) Assonance. C) Consonance. D) Internal Rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Assonance. 10. A reference to a famous person, place, or event A) Alliteration. B) Allusion. C) Tone. D) Assonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Allusion. 11. Lyric poetry..... A) Has 14 lines. B) Has a rhythm that makes it song-like. C) Has 5-7-5 syllables. D) Is extremely long and epic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Has a rhythm that makes it song-like. 12. The words share EITHER the same vowel or consonant sound BUT NOT BOTH A) Near rhyme. B) End rhyme. C) Perfect rhyme. D) Internal rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Near rhyme. 13. A reference made in one literary work to an element that appears in another literary work. A) Stanza. B) Free verse. C) Cross-reference. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cross-reference. 14. A stanza of a poem or song A) Paragraph. B) Verse. C) Stanza. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Verse. 15. The poet's attitude toward the poem's speaker, reader, and subject matter, as interpreted by the reader. A) Theme. B) Tone. C) Diction. D) Mood. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tone. 16. What is the definition of onomatopoeia? A) The use of words that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions they refer to. B) The use of words that describe the appearance of objects or actions. C) The use of words that have multiple meanings. D) The use of words that rhyme with the objects or actions they refer to. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The use of words that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions they refer to. 17. Yellow lumps of Cream of Wheat A) Alliteration. B) Rhyme. C) Assonance. D) Consonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Assonance. 18. What is the definition of the term:End Rhyme? A) Rhyme at the ends of lines of poetry. B) The rhyming words have the exact same pattern of spelling or pronunciation. C) Rhyming words have similar, but not perfect patterns of sounds. D) Rhyme within a line of poetry. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rhyme at the ends of lines of poetry. 19. A pattern of rhyming words in a poem.Example:ABABAB A) Rhyme. B) Rhyme Scheme. C) Onomatopoeia. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rhyme Scheme. 20. It is a poem of 14 lines A) Haiku. B) Ode. C) Sonnet. D) Song. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sonnet. ← 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