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Poetry Terms Quiz
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Multiple Choice
1. The words “run” and “sun” are examples of _____
a. end rhyme
b. beginning rhyme
c. rhyme scheme
d. internal rhyme
2. He was as happy as a lark when he was told he would be going on vacation. This is an example
of ______.
a. metaphor
b. simile
c. personification
d. allusion
3. The quarterback was throwing nothing but rockets and bombs in the field. This is an example of
_____.
a. metaphor
b. simile
c. personification
d. allusion
4. As an avid gardener, Mary was determined to transform her backyard into her personal Garden
of Eden. This is an example of ___________.
a. metaphor
b. simile
c. personification
d. allusion
5. This could be labeled as _________ for freedom or equality.
a. symbolism
c. rhyme scheme
b. idiom
d. end rhyme
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6. The term “a chip on your shoulder” would be an example of a(n) _________.
a. idiom
b. symbolism
c. cliché
d. allusion
7. The phrase “to dodge a bullet” is an example of a(n) ________.
a. idiom
b. symbolism
c. cliché
d. allusion
8. Which device is used in these short lines from Great Expectations:
“It was a rimy morning, and very damp. I had seen the damp lying on the outside of my little
window… Now, I saw the damp lying on the bare hedges and spare grass,…. On every rail and
gate, wet lay clammy; and the marsh-mist was so thick, that the wooden finger on the post
directing people to our village—a direction which they never accepted, for they never came
there—was invisible to me until I was quite close under it.”
a.
b.
c.
d.
symbolism
imagery
onomatopoeia
alliteration
9. Which device is used in this line from E.A. Poe’s The Raven?
Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December
a.
b.
c.
d.
end rhyme
beginning rhyme
rhyme scheme
internal rhyme
10. The title of Shel Silverstein’s poem “Sarah Synthia Sylvia Stout” is an example of ____.
a. symbolism
b. imagery
c. onomatopoeia
d. alliteration
11. The electrical outlet was exposed giving Trevor a good zap when he accidentally touched it. The
word zap is an example of _____.
a. symbolism
b. imagery
c. onomatopoeia
d. alliteration
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12. The following is an example of _____: "'T was later when the summer went
a. consonance
b. assonance
c. alliteration
d. allusion
13. “He gives his harness bells a shake; The only other sound’s the sweep. These lines from Robert
Frost’s poem ”Fire and Ice” are examples of ____.
a. refrain
b. assonance
c. hyperbole
d. litotes
14. And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.
These lines from Robert Frost’s poem “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” is an example
of ____.
a. refrain
b. assonance
c. hyperbole
d. litotes
15. Although I had just eaten, I was sure I would starve to death before lunch. The italicized portion
is an example of ______.
a. refrain
b. assonance
c. hyperbole
d. litotes
16. "All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players: they have their exits and
their entrances, and one man in his time plays many parts, his acts being seven ages." These
lines from a Shakespearian play are the beginning examples of a(n)______.
a. hyperbole
b. extended metaphor
c. implied metaphor
d. metaphor
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17. “The poison sacs of the town began to manufacture venom, and the town swelled and puffed with
the pressure of it.” from The Pearl by John Steinbeck. This is an example of _____.
a.
b.
c.
d.
hyperbole
extended metaphor
implied metaphor
metaphor
18. There was an Old Man of Nantucket-a
Who kept all his cash in a bucket.-a
His daughter, called Nan,-b
Ran away with a man,-b
And as for the bucket, Nantucket.-c
The lines at the end of this limerick are the way one determines the ___ of a poem.
a. end rhyme
b. beginning rhyme
c. rhyme scheme
d. internal rhyme
19. The following example from Mary Howitt’s The Spider and the Fly is an example of ____. "I'm really
glad that you have come to visit," said the spider to the fly.
a. allusion
b. parody
c. hyperbole
d. litotes
20. The eldest Oyster looked at him,
But never a word he said:
The eldest Oyster winked his eye,
And shook his heavy head –
The above lines from Lewis Carroll’s poem “The Walrus and the Carpenter” is an example of ___.
a. allusion
b. personification
c. hyperbole
d. understatement
21. The book The Hunger Pains by The Harvard Lampoon is an example of a _____.
a. allusion
b. parody
c. hyperbole
d. litotes