This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry > Poetry Terms – Quiz 98 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 98 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which term refers to the type of poem, such as a haiku, limerick, or sonnet? A) Form. B) Stanza. C) Verse. D) Enjambment. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Form. 2. What is a near rhyme? A) It involves sounds that are exactly the same. B) It involves sounds that are similar, but not exactly the same. C) It involves sounds that are similar in spelling only. D) It involves sounds that do not rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It involves sounds that are similar, but not exactly the same. 3. What term refers to the use of language that is deliberately ambiguous or unclear, often for comic effect? A) Ambiguity. B) Paradox. C) Irony. D) Puns. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Puns. 4. Her laughter was like a warm blanket or a familiar song A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Alliteration. E) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 5. Descriptive writing that appeals to one or more of the five senses A) Hyperbole. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Imagery. 6. Literary works focused on the expression of feelings and ideas through a distinctive style that is often rhythmical and may have elements such as meter, rhyme, and stanzas A) Poetry. B) Poetic form. C) Sonnet. D) Free verse. E) Fiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Poetry. 7. A word that is written and pronounced the same way as another, but which has a different meaning. An example:Lie (to say something untrue) Lie (to be in a horizontal position) A) Idiom. B) Homonym. C) Hyperbole. D) Meter. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Homonym. 8. Haiku is a kind of..... poem. A) Japanese. B) Chinese. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Japanese. 9. Something that represents something else A) Symbol. B) Diction. C) Connotation. D) Denotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Symbol. 10. A pattern of rhymes at the end of each line A) Rhyme Scheme. B) Consonance. C) Assonant. D) Enjambment. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rhyme Scheme. 11. A play on words (Example: "orange" you glad I didn't say banana?) A) Pun. B) Rhythm. C) Mood. D) Ode. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pun. 12. What is the definition of tone in poetry? A) Refers to various parts of poetry, such as a single line of poetry, a stanza, or the entire poem. B) A single row of words in a poem. C) The words an author uses to create a certain mood. D) Descriptive words that help the reader picture what is happening. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The words an author uses to create a certain mood. 13. A longer form of poetry that tells an entire story, with a beginning, middle, and end A) Imagery. B) Narrative poem. C) Figurative language. D) Savor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Narrative poem. 14. A writer or speaker's attitude toward his subject, audience, or himself. A) Tone. B) Stanza. C) Juxtaposition. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tone. 15. Exaggeration that cannot be possibly true A) Hyperbole. B) Sound devices. C) Repetition. D) Form. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 16. Internal Rhyme is ..... A) The pattern of rhymes at the end of lines. B) A rhyme that occurs within a line of poetry. C) The rhythmic pattern of a poem. D) Poetry that does not rhyme and does not have a meter. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A rhyme that occurs within a line of poetry. 17. A sustained and formal poem setting forth the poet's meditations upon death or another solemn theme. A) Ballad. B) Allusion. C) Elegy. D) Meter. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Elegy. 18. Type of literature that uses the sounds, rhythms, and meanings of words to describe the world in striking and imaginative ways. A) Poetry. B) Line. C) Stanza. D) Stanza break. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Poetry. 19. Which type of poem has 3 lines, about nature, and has a 5-7-5 syllable pattern? A) Limerick. B) Haiku. C) Free Verse. D) Ballad. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Haiku. 20. The chilling cold chopped him apart.This phrase is an example of all of these except: A) Hyperbole. B) Alliteration. C) Personification. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simile. ← 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