NAME: ________________________
← Elements of Poetry Test
5 Written Questions
5 Matching Questions
- Alliteration
- Eye Rhyme
- Metonymy
- Euphony
- End-stopped Line
- a The use of compatible, harmonious sounds to produce a pleasing, melodious effect
- b A line in which both the grammatical structure and the sense reach completion at the end. The opposite of enjambement
- c The substitution of something closely associated with an object for the object itself
- d The repetition of one or more initial sounds, usually consonants, in words within a line
- e Rhyme that appears correct from the spelling but is not from the pronunciation
5 Multiple Choice Questions
- Imperfect, approximate rhyme
- The balancing or contrasting of one term against another
- Any expression so often used that its freshness and clarity have worn off. A dead metaphor
- A sonnet that contains three quatrains and concluding couplet in iambic pentameter, rhyming "abab cdcd efef gg" or "abba cddc efef gg"
- A French verse form, strictly calculated to appear simple and spontaneous, five tercets and a final quatrain, rhyming "aba aba aba aba aba abaa". Lines 1,6,12,18 and 3, 9, 15, and 19 are the refrain
5 True/False Questions
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Dramatic Irony → Poetry that is intended primarily to teach a lesson
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Internal Rhyme → Rhyme contained within a line of verse
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Consonance → Repetition of two or more consonant sounds within a line
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Couplet → 2-lined stanza
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X-lined Stanza → A complex verse form, usually unrhymed, consisting of six six-line stanzas and three-line envoy. The end-words in each stanza must be the same, though arranged in a different sequence each time. (1-2-3-4-5-6; 6-1-5-2-4-3; 3-6-4-1-2-5; etc.) The three line conclusion must use as end-words 5-3-1, and buried in each line must appear the end-words must appear 2-4-6
Regenerate Test