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Poetry Vocabulary

Quiz by Cespedies, Nickie

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29 questions
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  • Q1
    What is a poem?
    A literary work that expresses ideas, thoughts and feelings.
    A literary work that has a set rhyming pattern and meter.
    A literary work that has literary devices.
    A literary work that creates a tone and rhythm.
    30s
  • Q2
    What is rhythm in poetry?
    The pattern of stressed or unstressed words in a poem.
    The words that rhyme at the end of each sentence in a poem,
    The rhyming beats in a poem,
    The rhyming scheme in a poem.
    30s
  • Q3
    What does meter refer to in poetry?
    Stressed or unstressed syllables in a poem.
    AA BB C rhyming pattern in a poem.
    The rhyming scheme in a poem.
    How long a poem actually is.
    30s
  • Q4
    What is rhyme in a poem?
    Two or more words in a line that begin with the same sound.
    AA or BB rhyming pattern in a poem.
    The number of beats in a poem.
    The pattern of rhymes at the end of each line of a poem.
    30s
  • Q5
    The structure of a sonnet gives it ______ lines.
    13
    14
    11
    5
    30s
  • Q6
    What is the rhyming pattern of a limerick?
    AA-BB-C
    AA-BB-A
    AB- CD-D
    AB-AB-CC
    30s
  • Q7
    How many lines do a limerick have?
    6
    5
    4
    3
    30s
  • Q8
    The Haiku is from which culture?
    China
    Japan
    Korea
    India
    30s
  • Q9
    The Haiku has ______ lines and _____ syllables.
    17,5
    5, 3
    3,14
    3, 17
    30s
  • Q10
    The Haiku is does not has to rhyme.
    False
    True
    30s
  • Q11
    A sonnet has ________ lines.
    5
    14
    13
    11
    30s
  • Q12
    "Repetition" refers to _________
    ...the words that end the first and second line of a poem.
    ...the same sounds that begins two or more words in a line in a poem.
    the repetition of lines or words in a poem.
    ...the repetition of rhymes in a poem.
    30s
  • Q13
    A free verse poem has no set rhyming pattern, meter or rhythm.
    True
    False
    30s
  • Q14
    What is a ballad?
    A sad and long poem.
    A poem filled with literary devices.
    A poem that tells a story.
    A very happy poem with 14 lines.
    30s
  • Q15
    What is a lyric?
    A short 5 line poem with an AA-BB-A rhyming pattern.
    A poem that tells a story.
    A formal type of poem which expresses personal emotions or feelings, typically spoken in the first person.
    A sort 17 syllable Japanese poem.
    30s

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