Poetry Terminology quiz

Quiz

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English

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7th - 12th Grade

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Medium

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CCSS

RL.9-10.10, RL.9-10.9, RL.8.4

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Denise Grandits

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13 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Two lines of poetry

Stanza

Quatrain

Couplet

Iambic pentameter

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Four lines of poetry

Couplet

Quatrain

Stanza

Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

The "paragraphs" of poetry

Stanza

Rhyme scheme

Sonnet

Quatrain

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

The pattern of rhyming in a poem. Mark it up using letters of the alphabet

Iambic pentameter

Rhyme scheme

Alliteration

Rhythm

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

What is the rhyme scheme in the following lines from "A Dream Within a Dream" by Edgar Allan Poe?

Take this kiss upon the brow!
And, in parting from you now,
Thus much let me avow--
You are not wrong, who deem
That my days have been a dream;

ABABC

AABBB

ABABA

AAABB

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Five "feet" or ten syllables. Always sound like your heartbeat. William Shakespeare often wrote in this style.

Rhyme scheme

Alliteration

Iambic pentameter

Assonance

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

A poem that ALWAYS has 14 lines and follows a particular, formal rhyme scheme. The most formal of all poetry.

Sonnet

Free verse

Blank verse

Epic

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

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