Poetry Quiz

What is a stanza in poetry?

• A. A type of rhyme scheme

• B. A pattern of stresses or beats

• C. Lines that are grouped together like a paragraph

• D. A comparison of two unlike things

What does alliteration refer to in poetry?

• A. The repetition of beginning consonant sounds of a series of words

• B. The comparison of two unlike items

• C. The pattern of stresses or beats in a poem

• D. A word that resembles the sound it represents

Which of the following is an example of a rhyme?

• A. Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers

• B. Hickory, dickory, dock, the mouse ran up the clock

• C. Ms. M is as mean as a dragon

• D. Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary

What is rhythm in poetry?

• A. The repeating of certain sounds or words to create a certain effect

• B. Words that appeal to the reader's senses to paint a picture in the reader's mind

• C. The pattern of stresses or beats in a poem

• D. Extreme exaggeration

What is the purpose of repetition in poetry?

• A. To compare two unlike things using the words like or as

• B. To create a musical rhythm in a poem

• C. To appeal to the reader's senses

• D. To repeat certain sounds or words to create a certain effect

Which of the following is an example of imagery in poetry?

• A. Ms. M is a dragon

• B. Sight, sound, smell, touch, taste

• C. Hickory, dickory, dock, the mouse ran up the clock

• D. I'm so hungry I could eat a horse!

What is a metaphor in poetry?

• A. A word that resembles the sound it represents

• B. The repetition of beginning consonant sounds of a series of words

• C. The comparison of two unlike items by saying one item is the other

• D. Lines that are grouped together like a paragraph

What is a simile in poetry?

• A. Extreme exaggeration

• B. The pattern of stresses or beats in a poem

• C. The comparison of two unlike things using the words like or as

• D. The voice of the poem, like a narrator in fiction

What does onomatopoeia refer to in poetry?

• A. A pattern of stresses or beats

• B. A word that resembles the sound it represents

• C. Extreme exaggeration

• D. The voice of the poem

What is hyperbole in poetry?

• A. The repetition of same or similar sounds

• B. A word that resembles the sound it represents

• C. Extreme exaggeration

• D. The comparison of two unlike things