This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry > Poetry Terms – Quiz 83 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 83 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following are examples of figurative language? A) Simile, Metaphor, Personification. B) Table, Chair, Desk. C) Apple, Banana, Orange. D) Dog, Cat, Bird. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile, Metaphor, Personification. 2. What are the details that appeal to one or more of the five senses called A) Imagery. B) Personification. C) Rhythm. D) Sensory details. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sensory details. 3. When phrases, words, or lines are repeated in a poem A) Repetition. B) Concrete or Shape Poem. C) Mood. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Repetition. 4. He's so dreamy I bet he's her Prince Charming. A) Allusion. B) Personification. C) Imagery. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Allusion. 5. Used to make something sound bigger or better than it actually is A) Overstatement. B) Understatement. C) Simile. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Overstatement. 6. Explicit meaning of a word as listed in the dictionary. A) Connotation. B) Denotation. C) Figurative language. D) Symbolism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Denotation. 7. Attitude a writer takes towards the subject A) Rhythm. B) Tone. C) Mood. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tone. 8. "The bright orange walls screamed at her as she walked into the room." What is being personified? A) The walls. B) The scream. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The walls. 9. If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers is an example of ..... A) Onomatopoeia. B) Assonance. C) Alliteration. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 10. A lamb = purity, childhood, innocence, Jesus A) Symbolism. B) Tone. C) Mood. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Symbolism. 11. The use of words whose sounds echo their meaning A) Onomatopoeia. B) Alliteration. C) Assonance. D) Consonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Onomatopoeia. 12. ..... is a comparison of two things that have something in common. A) Rhythm. B) Repetition. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 13. What are words or sentences spoken by a character in a poem, play, or story? A) Dialogue. B) Excerpt. C) Alliteration. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dialogue. 14. The repeating words, phrases, lines, or stanzas A) Simile. B) Repetition. C) Personification. D) Meter. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Repetition. 15. The recurrence of accent or stress in lines of verse. An example from "The Sound of Music." When the dog bites, (Boom Boom, BOOOM Boom) When the bee stings, (Boom Boom BOOOM Boom) A) Rhyme. B) Meter. C) Stanza. D) Rhythm. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rhythm. 16. "The picture was as colorful as a rainbow" is which type of figurative language? A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Alliteration. D) Rhyming. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 17. Which is an example of Metaphor? A) This tree is the god of the forest. B) This tree is like the god of the forest. C) The tree spread its gigantic, sun-flecked shoulders. D) The tree felt smooth as sandstone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) This tree is the god of the forest. 18. The lesson or message of a literary work is called ..... A) Theme. B) Mood. C) Tone. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Theme. 19. Words that are spoken A) Lyric. B) Speech. C) Dialogue. D) Line. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dialogue. 20. Apostrophe A) Personification in which human characteristics are given to animals. B) Personification of an absent/dead person or an inanimate object is spoken to as if present or livingex) Death, take me now. C) Repetition of accented vowel sounds in a sentence ex) he cried a sigh of high denial. D) Omitting conjunctions, articles, or pronouns for speed or economyex) the conjunction "&" is removed in I came, I saw, I conquered. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification of an absent/dead person or an inanimate object is spoken to as if present or livingex) Death, take me now. ← 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