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Poetry Terms Quiz

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Alliteration could best be defined as...

a)

The repetition of consonant sounds

b)

The repetition of vowel sounds

c)

The repetition of a word/phrase

d)

The repetition of a rhyme/meter

2.

"The fair breeze blew, the white foam flew,

The furrow followed free" is an example of...

a)

Anaphora

b)

Allusion

c)

Alliteration

d)

Simile

3.

Anaphora can best be defined as...

a)

The repetition of vowel sounds

b)

The repetition of consonant sounds

c)

The repetition of a word or phrase

d)

The repetition of rhyme/meter

4.

Dylan Thomas' repetition of the word "rage" in his poem "Do not go gentle into that good night" is an example of...

a)

Allusion

b)

Anaphora

c)

Alliteration

d)

Assonance

5.

Two ______ lines that rhyme are called a couplet.

a)

Consecutive

b)

Metered

c)

Odd numbered

d)

Even numbered

6.

Enjambment could best be defined as...

a)

The continuing of a sentence/idea after the line breaks

b)

The rhythmic pattern of a poem

c)

The repeated pattern of rhyme in a poem

d)

Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme

7.

The overarching structure of the poem is the...

a)

Meter

b)

Rhyme

c)

Form

d)

Conceit

8.

"It's raining cats and dogs"

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Metaphor

c)

Simile

d)

Paradox

9.

Hyperbole is...

a)

an extreme exaggeration

b)

a comparison of two dissimilar things without using like/as

c)

a comparison of two dissimilar things using like/as

d)

two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme

10.

A metaphor...

a)

must use like/as

b)

does not use like/as

11.

A simile...

a)

must use like/as

b)

does not use like/as

12.

A metaphor is a comparison between two _______ things.

a)

Similar

b)

Dissimilar

c)

Poetic

d)

Rhyming

13.

"Hope is the thing with feathers"

a)

Paradox

b)

Hyperbole

c)

Metaphor

d)

Simile

14.

"I got a heart like a truck, its been drug through the mud"

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Simile

c)

Metaphor

d)

Paradox

15.

The rhythmic pattern of a poem is...

a)

Meter

b)

Rhyme Scheme

c)

Enjambment

d)

Form

16.

"Death is knocking at my door"

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Metaphor

c)

Simile

d)

Personification

17.

"You got to spend money to make money"

a)

Metaphor

b)

Simile

c)

Paradox

d)

Personification

18.

Giving human characteristics to non-human objects/ideas

a)

Paradox

b)

Personification

c)

Metaphor

d)

Simile

19.

What is the rhyme scheme of the following stanza...


Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?

Thou art more lovely and temperate.

Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May

And summer’s lease hath all too short a date.

a)

ABCD

b)

AABB

c)

ABAB

d)

1212

20.

"Chocolate is chocolatey" is a metaphor

a)

True

b)

False