Poetry Terms Quiz

What is the repetition of similar sounds in the final stressed syllables of two or more words?

• A) Alliteration

• B) Assonance

• C) Rhyme

• D) Onomatopoeia

Which of the following describes the pattern of rhymes at the end of each line of a poem or song?

• A) Rhyme

• B) Rhyme Scheme

• C) Meter

• D) Alliteration

What is the term for a group of lines forming in a poem; a verse?

• A) Stanza

• B) Line

• C) Couplet

• D) Verse

The rhythm of a piece of poetry, determined by the number and length of feet in a line, is known as what?

• A) Meter

• B) Tempo

• C) Beat

• D) Cadence

What is the main idea or underlying meaning of a literary work that may be stated directly or indirectly?

• A) Plot

• B) Theme

• C) Symbolism

• D) Motif

Which of the following is NOT a type of stanza?

• A) Couplet

• B) Quatrain

• C) Sonnet

• D) Sestet

Which term refers to a poem's pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables?

• A) Meter

• B) Rhythm

• C) Beat

• D) Measure

A single line of poetry is called what?

• Rhyme

• Meter

• Verse

• Line

Which of the following is a poetic device that involves a direct comparison between two unlike things, using words such as 'like' or 'as'?

• A) Metaphor

• B) Simile

• C) Personification

• D) Alliteration