Creative Writing Reteach 4/10

Stopping a phrase or sentence in the middle of a line is

• caesura 
• punctuation
• something done in poetry
• enjambent

One effect of caesuras is that

• they are difficult to read
• they make reading smoother
• they make readers pause a bit and then rush forward
• they create a long pause in the middle of the line

White space can be used to:

•  create a shape for the poem
• make readers pause in certain places
• contribute to meaning through shape
• all of the above

A stanza in poetry is:

• a poetic word for line
• like a paragraph in prose
• used only in odes
•  a type of figurative language

Couplets:

• always rhyme
• never rhyme
• can be either rhymed or un-rhymed 
• is rarely used

Most, if not all, haiku are written with which type of stanza?

• coupltes
• tercets
• quatrains
• none of the above

What is an enjambment?

• the continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line, couplet, or stanza.
• the sudden change in a poem
• a group of stanzas
• Another name for a Haiku