Spoken Form Poetry Pre-Test (This is a formative)

What is slam poetry?

• A type of music lyrics

• A type of performance art

• A type of English test

• A type of oral evaluation

What are the messages in the poems about?

• Personal struggle

• Cultural experiences

• Politics

• All of the above

What is a stanza?

• One line of a poem

• Several lines with a set rhythm or meter

• The title of the poem

• a paragraph

What is the meter of a poem?

• the pattern or rhythm of a verse

• a form of measurement (100 centimeters)

• the matching, rhyming endings of a poem

• the length of a poem

What is Slam Poetry?

• A modern take on the traditional poem written for live performance.

• A form of spoken word.

• A form of poetry that takes a stance on modern issues.

• All of the above.

Which of the following is an important convention of slam poetry?

• Tone

• Characterisation

• Plot

• Camera angles

When did slam poetry become a major art form?

• 1920s

• 1950s

• 1990s

• 2010s

Prose is...

• lines of verse.

• written text in its ordinary form, without metrical structure.

• a type of literature that attempts to stir a reader's emotions or imagination.

• figurative language used in poetry.

______________ is the similarity of sound between words or the endings of words, especially when used at the end of verses.

• Rhyme

• Rhythm

• Imagery

• Form

________ is the feeling or atmosphere of a poem, how it makes the reader feel.

• Meter

• Tone

• Mood

• Rhythm