ELEMENTS OF POETRY

The person who writes poems is ____

• an author

• the speaker

• the poet

• the narrator

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We study poetry because it

• helps us to see things anew

• it creates countless images

• it makes the world a better place

• it is good to know them

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A ____ in a poem is the equivalent of a paragraph in a story.

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What is an octave?

Answer explanation

A stanza of eight lines

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What do you call a stanza of four lines?

• A couplet

• A sestet

• A tercet

• A quatrain

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Which one is NOT a type of poem?

• Limerick

• Tragedy

• Sonnet

• Ballad

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All of the following are elements of poetry EXCEPT?

• Poet

• Title

• Speaker

• Mood

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The voice we hear in the poem is the ____

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___ describes how the speaker's voice sounds.

• attitude

• auditory imagery

• mood

• tone

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How would you describe the tone of the child in the poem "Little Boy Crying"? (Use no more than three words)

Answer explanation

frustrated and angry

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