Poetry terms

Questions

1. What is a stanza in a poem?

   • A comparison using like
   • A group of lines forming a unit
   • A pattern of stressed beats
   • A word that repeats often
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   A group of lines forming a unit

2. How many lines does a quatrain have?

   • Four
   • Six
   • Three
   • Two
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   Four

3. A stanza in a poem is similar to a paragraph in prose. (True or false?)

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   True

4. What is a stanza of two rhyming lines called?

   • A couplet
   • A refrain
   • A sestet
   • A tercet
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   A couplet

5. Which rhyme scheme do these line endings show: moon, tree, June, sea?

   • AABB
   • ABAB
   • ABBA
   • ABCD
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   ABAB

6. What rhyme scheme has four lines where lines 1 and 2 rhyme, and lines 3 and 4 rhyme? (Answer out loud)

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   AABB

7. In the rhyme scheme ABBA, the first and last lines rhyme with each other. (True or false?)

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   True

8. What does the word metre describe in a poem?

   • The ending sounds of lines
   • The number of stanzas
   • The poem's mood
   • The rhythm pattern of beats
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   The rhythm pattern of beats

9. An iamb is an unstressed syllable followed by what?

   • A pause
   • A rhyming word
   • A stressed syllable
   • Another unstressed syllable
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   A stressed syllable

10. What does a line of iambic pentameter contain?

    • Eight syllables, four stresses
    • Five syllables, one stress
    • Ten syllables, five stresses
    • Twelve syllables, six stresses
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    Ten syllables, five stresses

11. What is unrhymed poetry written in iambic pentameter called? (Answer out loud)

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    Blank verse

12. What is the tone of a poem?

    • The number of syllables per line
    • The poem's length
    • The poem's rhyme pattern
    • The writer's attitude to the subject
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    The writer's attitude to the subject

13. Which word best describes the tone of a poem mocking a rule in a light, funny way?

    • Humorous
    • Nostalgic
    • Solemn
    • Sorrowful
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    Humorous

14. The tone of a poem can never change from the beginning to the end. (True or false?)

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    False

15. Name one clue in a poem, such as word choice, that helps you identify its tone. (Answer out loud)

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    Diction (word choice), imagery, punctuation or rhythm

16. Which tone does a poem remembering happy childhood days most likely have?

    • Furious
    • Indifferent
    • Nostalgic
    • Sarcastic
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    Nostalgic

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