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Poetry Basics

Quiz by Denise Grandits

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13 questions
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  • Q1
    A couplet is
    if the poem has iambic pentameter
    four lines of poetry
    the paragraph in a poem
    two lines of poetry
    30s
  • Q2
    A quatrain is
    All the lines in a poem
    3 lines of poetry
    4 lines of poetry
    2 lines of poetry
    30s
  • Q3
    A stanza is....
    the rhyme scheme in a poem
    two lines of poetry
    the paragraphs of a poem
    four lines of poetry
    30s
  • Q4
    What do we mean when we talk about the poem's RHYME SCHEME?
    if the poem has iambic pentameter
    the pattern of any rhyming in a poem
    if the poem is more than one stanza
    the form of poem it is (like a sonnet)
    30s
  • Q5
    Which of these groups of lines shows this rhyme scheme: ABAB (NOTE: THE / indicates that one line of the poem has ended and another begins after the slash)
    The black, fuzzy cat/And the silly, fat dog/Found a hole with a rat/Inside a fallen log
    The black, fuzzy cat/Found a hole with a rat/And the silly, fat dog/Inside a fallen log
    The black, fuzzy cat/And the silly, fat dog/Saw inside a fallen log/A hole with a rat
    45s

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