Test: Poetry Terms - 20 Questions

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5 Written Questions

5 Matching Questions

  1. end-stop
  2. couplet
  3. narrative poetry
  4. personification
  5. iambic pentameter
  1. a a meter using five feet to a line, each containing a light stress followed by a heavy stress. (e.g. Shall I compare thee to a summer's day OR Upon those boughs which shake against the cold.)
  2. b a pair of lines grouped together in a poem
  3. c a special kind of metaphor in which a nonhuman thing or quality is talked about as if it were human.
  4. d the end of a line which contains a complete sentence or phrase with regard to grammar and logic
  5. e verse that tells a story.

5 Multiple Choice Questions

  1. rhymes within lines (not at the end of lines).
  2. the repetition of the same initial consonant sound of words in a line or lines of poetry
  3. where a line ends; the interruption of text by the end of a line.
  4. language that appeals to the senses, usually when one thing is represented by another.
  5. a group of consecutive lines in a poem that is separated by an extra amount of space from other groups of lines or stanzas (like a paragraph in prose).

5 True/False Question

  1. form → the design or structure of a poem. In formal poetry, there are rules that dictate the structure (e.g. through the repetition of words or lines, rhyme schemes, or syllables).

          

  2. rhythm → a rhythmic pattern of a line of poetry. The meter of a line is determined by the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables.

          

  3. assonance → the repetition of the same consonant sound WITHIN words (BlueBerry, coPy PaPer)

          

  4. epigraph → a brief quotation or saying that is sometimes placed before a poem, after the title.

          

  5. voice → the author's distinctive style or perspective, or the particular speech patterns of the speaker

          

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