Poetry Terminology Quiz

What term is used for a section of a poem that consists of a line or group of lines?

• Stanza

• Line

• Stanza break

• Excerpt

What is the term for the repetition of sounds at the beginning of several words in order or near one another?

• Alliteration

• Repetition

• Rhyme

• Anaphora

Which term describes words that share only the final consonant sound?

• Slant rhyme

• Full rhyme

• Alliteration

• Assonance

What is the term for the basic unit of a poem, where lines come together to form?

• Verse

• Stanza

• Content

• Form

What do we call the blank space dividing two stanzas from each other?

• Line break

• Stanza break

• Content break

• Form break

What is the term for the structure or appearance of a poem or other text?

• Metaphor

• Tone

• Form

• Hyperbole

What is a poem with no rhyme scheme or set pattern of beats called?

• Free verse

• Sonnet

• Limerick

• Haiku

Which of the following is an example of figurative language?

• Simile

• Denotation

• Anaphora

• Quatrain

What is the dictionary definition of a word known as?

• Connotation

• Denotation

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

What is a comparison that does not use like or as called?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Personification