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- Q1
What is the purpose of poetry?
To entertain
To persuade
To become famous
To inform
20s - Q2
A line break in poetry is a structural element that...
...separates the poet from the reader.
...involves the destruction of an object.
...shows when one character ends a relationship with another character.
...indicates the termination of a line of a poem and the beginning of a new line.
20s - Q3
A stanza in poetry is a structural element that...
... is a group of lines within a poem, usually set off from others by a blank line.
... starts a new poem.
... indicates the reader should stand while reading that part.
... creates a rhythm in the poem.
20s - Q4
Rhythm and meter are structural elements in poetry that...
... create a repetitive pattern of strong and weak beats.
... indicate when a line begins and ends.
... determine how much a person has to pay to use the poem.
... should be sung not read.
20s - Q5
The rhyme scheme of a poem is a structural element that...
...refers to the pattern of sounds that repeats at the end of a line or stanza.
...is the scheme the poet came up with to get more readers.
...indicates the start of a new paragraph.
...introduces a new character.
20s - Q6
Repetition in a poem is a structural element that...
...indicates the use of the same word or phrase multiple times
20s - Q7
A poem in which the first letters of each line spell out a word or phrase is called an...
open poem
acrostic poem
ode
ABC poem
20s - Q8
A poem written to tell a story, often about a major event is called...
an ode
a haiku
a ballad
a cinquain
20s - Q9
A five-line poem that tells a story and only has two syllables in the first and last lines is called...
free verse
an ode
a cinquain
a haiku
20s - Q10
An unrhymed, 7-line poem with lines 1 and 7 the shortest and line 4 the longest is called...
a cinquain
a haiku
a diamonte
an ode
20s - Q11
A 3-line poem with a total of 17 syllables is called...
diamante
a haiku
a cinquain
an ode
20s - Q12
A humorous, 5-line poem with an AABBA rhyme scheme is called...
a haiku
an ode
a cinquain
a limerick
20s - Q13
A short, rhyming poem with 14 lines is called...
a limerick
a sonnet
an ode
a haiku
20s - Q14
A poem written in mourning following a death is called...
a narrative
an elegy
a sonnet
an ode
20s - Q15
A poem written in a way that the words form a shape is called...
a haiku
concrete poetry
narrative poetry
free verse
20s