Poetry Unit Review

A stanza is...

• a. A section of a poem

• b. a paragraph in an essay

• c. A type of poem

• d. None of these

Which of the following are true about ballads? Select MULTIPLE answers.

• a. It's a seven line poem that is usually about nature.

• b. It's a poem that contains many details about a metaphor.

• c. It is usually plot driven.

• d. It contains simple language and a regular rhyme pattern.

A refrain is__________________

• a. a stanza consisting of four lines.

• b. a comparison between two unlike things using "like" or "as."

• c. a stanza that repeats to emphasize an idea.

• d. none of these.

Which of the following patterns would represent a rhyme scheme where every other line rhymes?

• a. aabb

• b. cccc

• c. defg

• d. abab

What should you incorporate into a ballad to form a creative one? Select MORE THAN ONE answer.

• a. Provide imagery to help audiences imagine what's happening.

• b. Use an irregular rhyme scheme to confuse the audience.

• c. Incorporate complicated language with words most people don't understand.

• d. You should include concrete descriptions to balance the imagery.

Which best describes what an extended metaphor is?

• a. a song like poem

• b. a poem where particular letters in each line spell a word or phrase

• c. a type of poem in which a poet blacks out parts of an existing text to create a new work of art

• d. a comparison of two things throughout a series of sentences in a poem

The difference between a simile and a metaphor is...

• a. a simile is a comparison that states one thing is another while a metaphor compares two things using "like" or "as."

• b. a metaphor is a comparison in which an author states one thing is something else while a simile compares two things and incorporates the phrases "like" or "as."

• c. that they both compare two things.

• d. None of these.

Why do writers create extended metaphors?

• a. It helps a reader visual what's happening

• b. It deepens one's understanding of the two things being compared

• c. Extended metaphors allow us to understand personal experiences better based on the comparisons being made.

• d. ALL of the above.

Choose the option that best describes a theme from the ballad "Dream on" by Aerosmith

• a. Never give up on your dreams no matter how hard it seems.

• b. Love conquers all.

• c. Hate is all around us.

• d. None of the above.

Select the lyrics that most accurately describes the theme,

"What goes around comes around."

• a. "Everybody's got their dues in life to pay"

• b. "Yeah, I know nobody knows

  Where it comes and where it goes"

• c."You know it's true

  All the things come back to you"

• d. None of these.