This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry > Poetry Terms – Quiz 74 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 74 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. 2 or more rhyming words occur within the same line, 2 or more rhyming words appear in the middle of 2 separate lines, or a word at the end of a line rhymes with 1 in the middle. A) Free verse. B) Internal rhyme. C) Alliteration. D) Refrain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Internal rhyme. 2. A word or phrase that names something that can be seen, heard, touched, tasted, or smelled. A) Image. B) Rhyme. C) Onomatopoeia. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Image. 3. Which element of poetry is highlighted in this quote? "I felt happy because I saw the others were happy and because I knew I should feel happy, but I wasn't really happy." A) Simile. B) Alliteration. C) Repetition. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Repetition. 4. A word that sounds like it means. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Onomatopoeia. 5. An intentional exaggeration or overstatement, often used for emphasis A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Alliteration. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hyperbole. 6. "The wind was a gostly galleon ..... "This is an example of ..... A) Simile. B) Personification. C) Metaphor. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 7. What is the theme of a poem? A) A piece of writing with figurative language and repeated rhythm. B) The writings of a poet. C) The message the author wants to communicate through a piece. D) A word that has the same sound as another word. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The message the author wants to communicate through a piece. 8. Poetry that is meant to be mostly for theater. It includes a person's specific situation. A) Lyric Poetry. B) Narrative Poetry. C) Dramatic Poetry. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dramatic Poetry. 9. Elements such as rhyme, rhythm, alliteration, and onomatopoeia-gives poetry a musical quality A) Figurative Language. B) Point of View. C) Sound Devices. D) Speaker. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sound Devices. 10. When the lines do not have a rhyme scheme, a poem is considered to be this format. A) Free Verse. B) Verse. C) Theme. D) Inference. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Free Verse. 11. A 17 syllable traditional Japanese spiritual poem, sturctured in a 5-7-5 line way. A) Lyric poem. B) Haiku. C) Quatrain. D) Cinquain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Haiku. 12. An example of a simile is "limp as a noodle." A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 13. A GENRE THAT CAN BE FICTION OR NON-FICTION A) Drama. B) Play. C) Poem. D) Boat. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Drama. 14. A speaker in literature is ..... A) An output hardware device that connects to a computer to generate sound. B) The protagonist in a story. C) The speaker in poetry is the person (or animal or object) that is expressing their opinion in the poem. D) Fictional characters, which you create based upon your research to represent the different user types that might use your service, product, site, or brand in a similar way. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The speaker in poetry is the person (or animal or object) that is expressing their opinion in the poem. 15. What is a syllable? A) Similar consonant sounds at the start of words. B) Rhyming words. C) The number of beats within a word. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The number of beats within a word. 16. How the speaker of the poem feels about the subject is the A) Mood. B) Tone. C) Atmosphere. D) Lyric. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tone. 17. The author's use of description and words to create pictures in the reader's mind A) Imagery. B) Personification. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imagery. 18. A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two things without using connecting words, such as "like" or "as." A) Simile. B) Meter. C) Metaphor. D) Enjambment. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 19. A line or set of lines repeated several times over the course of a poem A) Refrain. B) Chorus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Refrain. 20. Which word is defined as "exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally" ? A) Hyperbole. B) Metaphor. C) Figurative meaning. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. ← 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