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Poetic Techniques

Authored by K McLarnon

English

11th - 12th Grade

15 Questions

CCSS covered

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Poetic Techniques
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1.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

How is a Sonnet traditionally broken up?

Octave and sestet

Four quatrains

Three quatrains and a rhyming couplet

One stanza of 12 lines and a rhyming couplet

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A long pause or break within a line is called...

Enjambment

Caesura

Assonance

Consonance

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The technique which describes a clause or phrase which runs on between lines or verses without a pause is...

Metre

Caesura

Iambic pentameter

Enjambment

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the name given to a phrase or line which recurs throughout a poem?

Repetition

Refrain

Anaphora

Assonance

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

If a poem is written without metre, pattern or rhyme which form is it written in?

Blank verse

Free verse

Ballad

Sestina

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Choose the correct poetic device.

The repetition of a consonant sound, especially at the beginning of a word or stressed syllable

Alliteration

Assonance

Consonance

Sibilance

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which technique involves using the 5 senses to create an image in the reader’s mind?

Imagery

Rhythm

Symbolism

Adjectives

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

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