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Poetry - Technical vocabulary

Authored by Rachel Fisher

English

10th - 12th Grade

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Poetry - Technical vocabulary
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Select the correct definition of enjambment.

The continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line, couplet, or stanza

A deliberate pause in the middle of a line, usually through the use of punctuation.

A repetition of sentence structure in two or more lines of the same poem.

A direct address to the reader / audience of a poem.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is an end-stopped line? Select the correct definition.

A repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of words placed closely together.

Punctuation used in the middle of a line to intentionally break the rhythm.

A line in verse which ends with punctuation, either to show the completion of a phrase or sentence or when the meaning does not continue to the next line.

A form of rhythm that is often used in sonnets.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is meant by the omission of words and unusual syntax? Select the correct definition.

A rhythm in poetry where words are left out to make sure the number of syllables in each line stays the same.

Where sentences are scrambled so they don't make any logical sense.

Where the reader is asked to guess what a writer means.

Where words are left out or the word order is different to what you might expect from prose or regular speech.

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is parallelism? Select the correct definition.

Where the poem has the same number of syllables in each line.

The repetition of similar sentence structure, sound, meter or meaning to create effect.

A technique where the poet describes two very different images and places them next to each other.

When a line is repeated exactly, twice or more.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is repetition? Select the correct definition.

When a word, phrase or line is repeated exactly in a poem.

When vowel sounds are repeated close to each other.

When images are described in detail to make it memorable.

When the poem rhymes.

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is caesura? Select the correct definition.

This is the slight natural pause in a line of poetry that comes in between a metrical foot, or near the middle of a line. Sometimes shown with a punctuation mark.

The pause at the end of every line of poetry so the reader / audience knows that the line has ended.

The pause in the middle of a line when there is punctuation such as a comma.

The moments in a poem where the poet wants the reader to think and reflect on the meaning of a line.

7.

FILL IN THE BLANK QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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