This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry > Poetry Terms – Quiz 84 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 84 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. An example of a prose is ..... A) "Sahar and the Tiger Cub". B) "I Survived Hurricane Katrina". C) "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow". D) "Snail at Moonrise". Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "Sahar and the Tiger Cub". 2. ..... the main idea, central idea, subject, topic, or meaning of a story or poem. A) Theme. B) Central Idea. C) Topic Sentence. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Theme. 3. A reference in a text to something literary, historical, or religious (that the reader should have previous knowledge of) outside of the text. A) Onomatopoeia. B) Alliteration. C) Allusion. D) Accented. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Allusion. 4. A ..... is a single row of words in a poem A) Stanza. B) Rhyme. C) Line. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Line. 5. The regular pattern of sounds in a poem or beats in a piece of music A) Rhyme. B) Rhythm. C) Meter. D) Stanza. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rhythm. 6. Defined by lack of structure A) Limerick. B) Rhythm. C) Free Verse. D) Lines. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Free Verse. 7. The repetition of final sounds in two or more words A) Rhyme. B) Refrain. C) Couplet. D) Verse. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rhyme. 8. A haiku is known for being a poem with ..... lined poem. A) 14 lines. B) 2 lines. C) 3 lines. D) 5 lines. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 3 lines. 9. Simile or Metaphor? My big brother is a couch potato. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Onomatopoeia. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 10. Thunder grumbled and raindrops reported for duty. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Alliteration. E) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Personification. 11. The author's attitude toward the subject or topic of his or her writing. A) Juxtaposition. B) Imagery. C) Tone. D) External conflict. E) Inner conflict. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tone. 12. An arrangement of a certain number of lines, usually four or more, sometimes having a fixed length, meter, rhyme scheme, forming a division of a poem A) Stanza. B) Approximate Rhyme. C) Eye Rhyme. D) Rhyme Scheme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stanza. 13. Compares 2 things by using like or as A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Hyperbole. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 14. What is being personified? "Oreo:Milk's favorite cookie!" A) Cookie. B) Milk. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Milk. 15. Specific arrangement of a poem A) Sonnet. B) Form. C) Meter. D) Rhythm. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Form. 16. "The stars will cry." The kind of figurative language used here is ..... A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Alliteration. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 17. What is the definition of a onomatopoeia? A) An extreme exaggeration. B) The negative attributes associated with a word or phrase. C) A word that sounds like how it is said. D) To put in your own words. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A word that sounds like how it is said. 18. What is the syllable pattern of a haiku? A) 4-5-4. B) 5-7-5. C) 5-3-5. D) 5-4-5. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 5-7-5. 19. Non-rhyming poetry that usually does not have a regular rhythm or format A) Ballad. B) Epic. C) Free-verse. D) Sonnet. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Free-verse. 20. "The wind screamed through the night." This is an example of ..... A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Simile. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. ← 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