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Elements of Poetry Quiz

Total questions: 36

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A comparison of two unlike things that uses "like" or "as"

a)

Metaphor

b)

Simile

c)

Personification

d)

Hyperbole

2.

The stars danced in the night sky.

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

onomatopoeia

d)

personification

3.

Giving non human things human like qualities.

a)

hyperbole

b)

simile

c)

metaphor

d)

personification

4.

The emotional meaning of a word.

a)

denotation

b)

connotation

c)

explanation

d)

definition

5.

The literal or dictionary definition of a word.

a)

denotation

b)

connotation

c)

dictionary

d)

coronation

6.

An extreme exaggeration not meant to be taken literally.

a)

hyperbole

b)

apostrophe

c)

guacamole

d)

personification

7.

Her hair was like an everflowing river of gold.

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

personification

d)

onomatopoeia

8.

Boom! Clap! The sound of my heart!

a)

onomatopoeia

b)

simile

c)

metaphor

d)

personification

9.

Diction is the author's...

a)

word choice

b)

denotation

c)

connotation

d)

figurative language

10.

Tone

a)

The author's attitude about the subject, characters, or audience.

b)

The author's use of figurative language.

c)

The way the author creates the mood of the story.

d)

The same thing as mood, only better.

11.

Mood is...

a)

the feeling or atmosphere a reader gets when reading a text.

b)

the feeling a reader gets when they are forced to read a text in Mrs. Souza's class.

c)

The author's attitude about the subject.

d)

The author's feelings about writing.

12.

The snow covered the hills like a big white blanket.

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

personification

d)

hyperbole

13.

Words, lines, or phrases that repeat throughout a poem for emphasis.

a)

repetition

b)

rhyme scheme

c)

tone

d)

diction

14.

In the poem The Raven, what word shows repetition throughout the poem?

a)

nevermore, nevermore

b)

The highwaymen went riding.

c)

The light was flickering.

d)

Once upon a midnight dreary

15.

A comparison between two unlike things in which something is said to be another...

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

personification

d)

onomatopoeia

16.

Words that have the same ending sounds...

a)

rhyme

b)

rhythm

c)

metaphor

d)

figurative language

17.

Figurative Language...

a)

language that uses figures of speech and is not meant to be taken literally.

b)

language used to persuade someone.

c)

language meant to be taken literally.

d)

language meant to hurt people.

18.

A group of lines in a poem...

a)

alliteration

b)

stanza

c)

repetition

d)

theme

19.

The author's message, central idea, or universal lesson implied by a text.

a)

theme

b)

metaphor

c)

diction

d)

word choice

20.
Define allusion. 
a)
a figure of speech that refers to a well-known story, event, person, or object from history in order to make a comparison in the readers' minds
b)
a figure of speech that is not meant to be taken literally 
c)
a comparison made using like or as that also utilizes personification 
d)
when the author appeals to the 5 senses of the reader to help the reader feel like we are experiencing what is happening in the reading.
21.
What is the allusion commonly used for Cinderella?
a)
hard work
b)
hard work and bad treatment
c)
being ignored 
d)
All of the above
22.

The big frog was on a log and then he fell into a bog.

a)

alliteration

b)

consonance

c)

assonance

23.

Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before;

a)

alliteration

b)

assonance

c)

consonance

24.
What is internal rhyme?
a)
Where two words rhyme at the end of lines in poetry
b)
Where two words in the same line rhyme
25.

The tone conveys

a)

the speaker's attitude about the subject

b)

the speaker's opinion of the food

c)

the speaker's attitude of anger

d)

the speaker's attitude toward humor

26.
This can be the poet OR an invented character who has had an experience that is written about.
a)
stanza
b)
rhyme scheme
c)
speaker
d)
lyric poem
27.
A group of two or more lines that form a unit in a poem, like a paragraph in an essay
a)
end rhyme
b)
stanza
c)
couplet
d)
repetition
28.
A rhymed pair of lines in a poem.
a)
lyric poem
b)
internal rhyme
c)
couplet
d)
tone
29.
When rhyming words come at the ends of the lines. The most common type of poetic rhyme.
a)
internal rhyme
b)
couplet
c)
stanza
d)
end rhyme
30.
What technique repeats sounds, words, phrases, or an entire line?
a)
a lyric
b)
a couplet
c)
repetition
31.
rhyming words that fall at the ends of two or more lines (crawls, falls, walls)
a)
slant rhyme
b)
alternating rhyme
c)
end rhyme
d)
exact rhyme
32.
What is the narrator of a poem called?
a)
Author
b)
Speaker
c)
Narrator
d)
Main character
33.
Define "rhyme."
a)
Comparing two things using "like" or "as."
b)
The repetition of a letter.
c)
The repetition of an ending sound.
34.
Rhythm gives poetry a ____ quality.
a)
Musical
b)
Old-fashioned
c)
Important
d)
Difficult
35.
What is "alliteration" ?
a)
The use of synonyms.
b)
Words that sound alike.
c)
An exaggeration.
d)
The repetition of a beginning letter sound.
36.

What device is used here:

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

a)

Refrain

b)

Internal Rhyme

c)

End Rhyme

d)

Simile

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