This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry > Poetry Terms – Quiz 9 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 9 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The FEELING the reader gets from a poem A) Theme. B) Mood. C) Personification. D) Symbol. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mood. 2. Vivid and descriptive language that appeals to the senses, creating a mental picture for the reader A) Stanza. B) Imagery. C) Symbolism. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Imagery. 3. A three line stanza (usually these lines rhyme) A) Couplet. B) Tercet. C) Quatrain. D) Cinquain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tercet. 4. The use of ordinary language A) Prose. B) Stories. C) Poetry. D) Couplet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Prose. 5. What is the correct term for the following definition? Two seemingly opposite concepts that are combined to create a new meaning A) Personification. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Oxymoron. 6. A poem of serious reflection, typically in honor of the dead A) Elegy. B) Ode. C) Ballad. D) Epic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Elegy. 7. The use of a word or phrase that actually imitates or suggests the sound of what it describes. A) Onomatopoeia. B) Literal Language. C) Figurative Language. D) Imagery. E) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Onomatopoeia. 8. Words that sound like their meaning. A) Consonance. B) Meter. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Onomatopoeia. 9. A comparison between two unlike things, without using the words LIKE or AS. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Imagery. D) Meter. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 10. The central meaning or dominant message the poet is trying to deliver to the reader. A) Diction. B) Theme. C) Tone. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Theme. 11. I Wandered Lonely as a CloudBy William Wordsworth I wandered lonely as a cloudThat floats on high o'er vales and hills, When all at once I saw a crowd, A host, of golden daffodils;Beside the lake, beneath the trees, Fluttering and dancing in the breeze. Who is the poet of this poem? A) Wandering. B) Daffodils. C) I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud. D) William Wordsworth. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) William Wordsworth. 12. The atmosphere suggested by the structure and style of the poem A) Mood. B) Oxymoron. C) Metaphor. D) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mood. 13. Repetition is A) A figure of speech in which objects are given human qualities. B) Words that have the same ending sounds. C) Using the same words or phrases over and over. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Using the same words or phrases over and over. 14. A statement that says less than what is meant.Ten-course meal referred to as a "little snack, " for example. A) Hyperbole. B) Repetition. C) Imagery. D) Understatement. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Understatement. 15. Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, 2.Humpty Dumpty had a great fall. A) Haiku. B) Couplet. C) Limerick. D) Free verse. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Couplet. 16. A poetic technique in which one line ends without a pause and must continue to the next line. A) Cutting. B) Meter. C) Enjambment. D) Syntax. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Enjambment. 17. An example is: "Sara's seven sisters slept soundly." A) Alliteration. B) Assonance. C) Diction. D) Rhythm. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 18. The regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a verse or line of poetry A) Rhyme. B) Rhythm. C) Meter. D) Stanza. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Meter. 19. Words and phrases that appeal to a reader's five senses, sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch. A) Alliteration. B) Imagery. C) Personification. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Imagery. 20. I Wandered Lonely as a CloudBy William Wordsworth I wandered lonely as a cloudThat floats on high o'er vales and hills, When all at once I saw a crowd, A host, of golden daffodils;Beside the lake, beneath the trees, Fluttering and dancing in the breeze. What is the title of this poem? A) William Wordsworth. B) I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud. C) Poetry. D) Stanza. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud. ← 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 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books