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Poetry Vocab Quiz

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 22mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Poetry that tells a story
a)
Dramatic Poetry
b)
Lyric Poetry
c)
Narrative Poetry
d)
Ode
e)
Epitaph
2.
Identify the capitalized phrase: “And now THE AIR IS SHATTERED by the force of Casey’s blow.”
a)
simile
b)
allusion
c)
symbolism
d)
personification
e)
hyperbole
3.
A reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art
a)
metaphor
b)
allusion
c)
symbolism
d)
personification
e)
hyperbole
4.

A comparison of two unlike things using “like” or “as”.

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

symbolism

d)

personification

e)

hyperbole

5.
A six line stanza
a)
couplet
b)
quatrain
c)
sestet
d)
octet
e)
sonnet
6.
name the sound device..."The morning breaks; the STEEDS IN THEIR STALLS"
a)
alliteration
b)
assonance
c)
onomatopoeia
d)
internal rhyme
e)
simile
7.
What is the term for words that imitate sounds?
a)
alliteration
b)
allusion
c)
onomatopoeia
d)
internal rhyme
e)
hyperbole
8.
What is a deliberate exaggeration or overstatement?
a)
metaphor
b)
allusion
c)
symbolism
d)
personification
e)
hyperbole
9.
What is a comparison of two things spoken as if one thing were something else?
a)
metaphor
b)
allusion
c)
symbolism
d)
personification
e)
hyperbole
10.

the repetition of similar vowel sounds in two or more non-rhyming words within a line

a)
alliteration
b)
assonance
c)
onomatopoeia
d)
internal rhyme
e)
consonance
11.
a lyrical poem that praises or glorifies an event or individual or one that is dedicated toward someone, usually a person or thing of inspiration
a)
epitaph
b)
ode
c)
foot
d)
iamb
e)
meter
12.
the use of words or phrases that appeal to the senses
a)
imagery
b)
personification
c)
symbolism
d)
rhyme scheme
e)
assonance
13.
identify the literary device in these lines from "The Autumn Wind"..."His face is weather beaten/ He wears a hooded sash"
a)
hyperbole
b)
personification
c)
symbolism
d)

simile

e)
onomatopoeia
14.
how many lines are in a sonnet?
a)
12
b)
4
c)
6
d)
8
e)
14
15.
Shakespeare wrote most of his plays in unrhymed iambic pentameter. That is also known as what?
a)
Free Verse
b)
Blank Verse
c)
Narrative Poetry
d)
Lyric Poetry
e)
Ode
16.
when rhyming words appear on the same line
a)
blank verse
b)
free verse
c)
internal rhyme
d)
external rhyme
e)
meter
17.

In "The Tide Rises, the Tide Falls," the footprints on the sand represent the traveler's life. What is this called?

a)

Symbolism

b)

Allusion

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Consonance

e)

Ode

18.

"The Autumn wind is a pirate / Blustering in from sea" is an example of what?

a)

Onomatopoeia

b)

Metaphor

c)

Iambic Pentameter

d)

Internal Rhyme

e)

Allusion

19.

Which of the terms below is NOT represented in the following lines?

"The morning breaks; the steeds in their stalls / Stamp and neigh, as the hostler calls;"

a)

Alliteration

b)

Consonance

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Onomatopoeia

e)

Sensory Words

20.

In the following lines, which word is NOT a good example of a sensory word?

"Then from 5,000 throats and more there rose a lusty yell / It rumbled through the valley, it rattled in the dell;"

a)

rose

b)

yell

c)

from

d)

rumbled

e)

rattled

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