Elements of Poetry

The word "understand" is an example of what type of meter?

• Trochee

• Anapest

• Dactyl

• Iamb

The word "comedy" is an example of what type of meter?

• Trochee

• Dactyl

• Iamb

• Anapest

Poems are arranged in lines. Lines can be _________.

• a phrase

• a single word

• a sentence

• all of the above

Define "rhyme".

• Comparing two things using "like" or "as"

• The repetition of a letter

• The beat and tempo that gives a pattern

• The repetition of an ending sound

What is the meaning of meter?

• Beats and pattern

• Measuring unit in math

• Overall tempo, or pace, ay which the poem unfolds

• Premeasured patterns of stressed and unstressed syllables

The word "awake" is an example of what type of meter?

• Trochee

• Iamb

• Spondee

• Anapest

Type of meter that has 2 syllables (stressed -> unstressed)

• Iamb

• Spondee

• Dactyl

• Trochee

Type of meter that has 3 syllables (unstressed -> unstressed -> stressed)

• Trochee

• Iamb

• Anapest

• Dactyl

Free verse poetry does not have ___________.

• Stanzas

• Rhyme or Rhythm

• Theme

• Plot or Conflict

Poems that tell a story are called __________.

• Lyrical Poems

• Free Verse Poems

• Narrative Poems

• Sonnet