Poetry Terminology Quiz

What is the term for the measured arrangement of sounds/beats in a poem, including the poet's placement of emphasis and the number of syllables per line?

• Alliteration

• Meter

• Stanza

• Tone

What is the term for the recurrence of stressed and unstressed sounds in poetry, which can be fast, slow, choppy, or smooth?

• Rhythm

• Consonance

• Alliteration

• Enjambment

What is the term for the author's specific word choice?

• Theme

• Diction

• Tone

• Symbol

What is a word that sounds like what it means, such as buzz, click, or bang?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

• Allusion

What is a brief reference to a real or fictional person, event, place, or work of art?

• Allusion

• Ballad

• Stanza

• Verse

What is a single line of poetry called?

• Stanza

• Verse

• Theme

• Tone

What is the repetition of consonant sounds, especially at the beginning of words, such as 'A woman named Maurice took the garden by storm'?

• Alliteration

• Consonance

• Assonance

• Enjambment

What is a story/narrative in poetic form called?

• Ballad

• Stanza

• Theme

• Tone

What is the central meaning or dominant message the poet is trying to deliver to the reader?

• Tone

• Theme

• Symbol

• Diction

What is poetry that does not rhyme or have a measurable meter called?

• Free Verse

• Ballad

• Stanza

• Verse