This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry > Poetry Terms – Quiz 97 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 97 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The way a poem is laid out on a page is called ..... A) Stanza. B) Line Break. C) Paragraph. D) Form. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Form. 2. Comparison not using like or as A) Onomatopoeia. B) Blank verse. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metaphor. 3. What uses "like" or "as" to make a comparison between two unlike things? A) Hyperbole. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simile. 4. Giving human characteristics to non-human things. A) Connotation. B) Oxymoron. C) Personification. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 5. "Alice's aunt ate apples and acorns around August." This is an example of: A) Rhyme scheme. B) Scansion. C) Assonance. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alliteration. 6. Long narrative poems, originally passed down by word of mouth, that tell about heroes who embody the values of the culture recounting the tale A) Narrative. B) Epic. C) Sonnet. D) Mock epic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Epic. 7. A short, humorous poem made up of five lines. It usually has the rhyme scheme aabba created by two rhyming couplets followed by a fifth line that rhymes with the first couplet. Limericks are usually known for their sing-song rhythm. A) Ode. B) Limerick. C) Haiku. D) Free Verse. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Limerick. 8. When an author uses obvious exaggeration A) Irony. B) Oxymoron. C) Hyperbole. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 9. Something that means more than what it is. A) Irony. B) Apostrophe. C) Symbol. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Symbol. 10. The old grey backpack had only one strap, and that strap was frayed and falling apart. There were scrapes on the side from being dropped and kicked and shoved around. There was still a red stain on the side from a Gatorade spill. A) Personification. B) Imagery. C) Alliteration. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Imagery. 11. She is my sun and my moon A) Metaphor. B) Rhyme. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 12. The use of the part for the whole A) Synecdoche. B) Metonymy. C) Personiciation. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Synecdoche. 13. In poetry what is ONOMATOPOEIA? A) The use of words whose sounds suggest their meaning. B) A poem in a different language. C) Poems about music. D) Poems that have 3 lines with a certain amount of syllables in each line. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The use of words whose sounds suggest their meaning. 14. Where does internal rhyme occur? A) At the end of lines. B) At the beginning of lines. C) In the middle of lines. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In the middle of lines. 15. A type of poem that deals with serious themes and is often dedicated to someone or something A) Ode. B) Stanza. C) Refrain. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ode. 16. When a non-living object is given qualities and abilities of people A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Simile. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 17. An extreme exaggeration used to emphasize a point A) Consonance. B) Hyperbole. C) Horse. D) Behind. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 18. What is poetic structure? A) Repetition of similar words in a poem. B) The organization of words and lines as well as the rhyme and meter of a poem. C) The pattern of unstressed and stressed syllables in a line of poetry. D) The attitude of a writer toward a subject or an audience. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The organization of words and lines as well as the rhyme and meter of a poem. 19. A stanza in a poem is similar to a ..... in a story. A) Sentence. B) Body. C) Paragraph. D) Conclusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Paragraph. 20. A reference to a different work A) Form. B) Symbol. C) Hyperbole. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Allusion. ← 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