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Poetry Terms Quiz

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

An extreme exaggeration for effect is called:

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Personification

c)

Connotation

d)

Free Verse

2.

Making a creative comparison that is not literally true or portraying a person place or thing as being something else is called a:

a)

Metaphor

b)

Simile

c)

Imagery

d)

Alliteration

3.

A pattern of rhyme at the end of lines in a poem (measured with letters -- ABC, etc) is called a:

a)

Free Verse

b)

Rhyme Scheme

c)

Connotation

d)

Stanza

4.

Giving human-like characteristics or human actions to objects, animals or ideas is called:

a)

Alliteration

b)

Tone

c)

Imagery

d)

Personification

5.

Using the words "like" or "as" or another connective word to compare one thing to another in a creative and indirect way is called a:

a)

Metaphor

b)

Simile

c)

Stanza

d)

Hyperbole

6.

Normal writing -- all grammar rules apply would be considered:

a)

Free Verse

b)

Rhyme Scheme

c)

Prose

d)

Connotation

7.

Words that make a sound is called:

a)

Alliteration

b)

Onomatopoeia

c)

Tone

d)

Personification

8.

The feelings that are attached to words, beyond literal meaning is called:

a)

Connotation

b)

Tone

c)

Stanza

d)

Personification

9.

Using language that creates a picture in the reader's minds (sights, sounds, smells, tastes, textures) is called:

a)

Alliteration

b)

Imagery

c)

Tone

d)

Personification

10.

When the beginning sounds of words are repeated is called:

a)

Onomatopoeia

b)

Connotation

c)

Rhyme Scheme

d)

Alliteration

11.

Group of lines in poem is called:

a)

A Stanza

b)

Free Verse

c)

Prose

d)

Alliteration

12.

Attitude of the speaker toward the subject; overall emotion expressed through words and sentence length is called:

a)

Tone

b)

Prose

c)

Free Verse

d)

Theme

13.

Poetry written without a recurring rhythm, rhyme or meter is called:

a)

Prose

b)

Free Verse

c)

Tone

d)

Connotation

14.
Identify the rhyme scheme of this poem:
Twinkle, twinkle, little star, 
How I wonder what you are. 
Up above the world so high, 
Like a diamond in the sky. 
a)
a-b-a-b
b)
a-a-b-b
c)
a-b-c-b
d)
a-b-c-d
15.
A basic unit of a line of poetry, usually comprised of two syllables, is called this:
a)
foot
b)
meter
c)
syllabus
d)
troche
16.
Identify the rhyme scheme of this poem:
The Sun now rose upon the right; 
Out of the sea came he, 
Still hid in mist, and on the left 
Went down into the sea. 
a)
a-b-a-b
b)
a-a-b-b
c)
a-b-c-b
d)
a-b-c-d
17.
What is the beat created by the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables?
a)
Rhyme
b)
Alliteration 
c)
Lyrics 
d)
Meter
18.
An unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable--like the word beneath--is called this:
a)
trochee
b)
spondee
c)
iamb
d)
anapest
19.
A line of pentameter contains this many feet:
a)
two
b)
three
c)
four
d)
five
20.
The rhyme scheme which features two rhyming lines of poetry is called:
a)
limerick
b)
couplet
c)
dactyl
d)
anapest