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Poetry Terms And Characteristics Review

Test Description: Review of characteristics of poetry, including the terms stanza, syllable, meter, rhyme scheme, form, and speaker, as well as the characteristics of sonnets.

Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.

1) Which of the following is the term that refers to a group of lines?

AStanza BSyllable CForm DSpeaker

2) What is a syllable?

Arhythm of stressed and unstressed sounds Bpattern of end rhymes, expressed using letters Cthe overall pattern a poem follows Dpart of a word that makes one sound

3) Which of the following is the term that refers to the rhythm of stressed and unstressed syllables?

AStanza BSpeaker CMeter DLine

4) Which of the following is the term that refers to the pattern of end rhymes, expressed using letters?

AForm BRhyme Scheme CMeter DStanza

5) What is form?

Apart of a word that makes one sound Bthe person telling the poem Crhythm of stressed and unstressed syllables Dthe overall pattern a poem follows to make a particular type of poem

6) What is the term for the person telling the poem?

Avoiceover Bspeaker Cnarrator Dauthor

7) Which of the following is a type of rhyme scheme?

Aiambic pentameter Bspeaker's tone CAABA CCDC Dsonnet

8) Which of the following is a type of form?

Asonnet BAABA CCDC Ciambic pentameter Dspeaker's tone

9) Which of the following is a type of meter?

Aiambic penatmeter Bsonnet Cspeaker's tone DAABA CCDC

10) Which of the following is a common characteristic of poetry, not prose?

Ahas sentences and paragraphs Bhas an emphasis on figurative language and sound devices Cfollows stricter conventions Duses objective language

11) How many lines does a sonnet have?

A14 B10 C8 D12

12) Which of the following is NOT a type of sonnet?

AItalian BEnglish CFrench DShakespearean

13) What is the name for the type of meter that sonnets are written in?

Atrochee Bfree verse C3 feet or a yard Diambic pentameter

14) How many syllables are in one line of iambic pentameter?

A6 B10 C15 D8

15) Which of the following is the term for a turn, or change of attitude or content in a sonnet?

Avolta BVolvo Celegy Dtwist

*select an answer for all questions

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