This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry > Poetry Terms – Quiz 96 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 96 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. When a word is used to imitate a sound / sound wordsex. pop, zap, snap, boom, buzz, peep A) Alliteration. B) Consonance. C) Assonance. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Onomatopoeia. 2. The use of words to represent things, actions, or ideas by sensory description.Night after NightHer purple trafficStrews the land with Opal Bales-Merchantmen-poise upon Horizons-Dip-and vanish like Orioles!(Emily Dickinson, "This Is the Land Where Sunset Washes" ) A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Alliteration. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Imagery. 3. The technique of repeating the same word or phrase multiple times within a poem A) Alliteration. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Rhyme. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Repetition. 4. Your crying is like rain. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 5. ..... is the repetition of sounds, usually how the vowel and consonants blend. Ex. Cat/Bat A) Rhythm. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Alliteration. D) Rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rhyme. 6. Pattern of a line of poetry equaling 10 syllables, alternating a stressed syllable and an unstressed syllable. A) Anaphora. B) Syntax. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Iambic pentameter. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Iambic pentameter. 7. The use of words that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions they refer to is called a(n) ..... A) Imagery. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Simile. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Onomatopoeia. 8. What is a exaggerating to show strong emotion? A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hyperbole. 9. Means the pattern of accented and unaccented syllables. A pattern of rhyme.Ex. I lent her mine. A) Internal rhyme. B) End rhyme. C) Rhythm. D) Rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rhythm. 10. Description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste) A) Rhythm. B) Repetition. C) Free verse. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Imagery. 11. The position or outlook from which the speaker tells a story or observes something A) Tone. B) Main idea. C) Point of view. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Point of view. 12. Which of the following words has negative connotation? A) Flippant. B) Tranquil. C) Bolster. D) Heed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Flippant. 13. Form can be best defined as ..... A) Archaic poems we read daily. B) The physical structure of a poem. C) The lack of physical structure in a poem. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The physical structure of a poem. 14. What is the definition of a line in poetry? A) An expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly. B) A row of words. C) A group of lines in a poem. D) Repetition of a consonant sound in the middle or end of a word. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A row of words. 15. It bent in a slant against the weight. A) Assonance. B) Consonance. C) None. D) Rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Consonance. 16. I miss you more than lifeI miss you more than lifeis an example of ..... A) Alliteration. B) Assonance. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Repetition. 17. The attitude of a poem emits A) Theme. B) Tone. C) Allusion. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tone. 18. The repetition of similar or identical sounds A) Poetry. B) Rhyme. C) Haiku. D) Meter. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rhyme. 19. The act of talking while or as if alone, the character's inner thoughtsProvides a reader with information not given to other characters A) Soliloquy. B) Symbolism. C) Setting. D) Style. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Soliloquy. 20. Statement or figure os speech no intended literally; extreme exaggeration ex:I'm so tired I could sleep a year. A) Inversion. B) Lyric poetry. C) Hyperbole. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 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