Poetry Terms

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English
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9th - 12th Grade
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Amanda Dinnean
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 5 pts
poetry written with a precise meter—almost always iambic pentameter—that does not rhyme
Limerick
Free Verse
Haiku
Blank Verse
Tags
CCSS.RL.11-12.11
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 5 pts
a group of lines forming the basic recurring metrical unit in a poem; a verse
tercet
epics
stanza
syllable
Tags
CCSS.RL.11-12.13
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 5 pts
a nineteen line poetic form consisting of five tercets followed by a quatrain
villanelle
ode
Elegy
Cinquain
Tags
CCSS.RL.11-12.13
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 5 pts
the ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of a poem or verse
meter
sestet
rhyme scheme
couplet
Tags
CCSS.RL.11-12.13
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 5 pts
a form of poetry that tells a story, such as "The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere"
Blank Verse
Free Verse
Epic
Narrative Poem
Tags
CCSS.RL.11-12.10
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 5 pts
long, often book length, narrative, in verse that retells the heroic journey of a single person, such as Beowulf or Homer's The Odyssey
Blank Verse
Free Verse
Epic Poem
Narrative Poem
Tags
CCSS.RL.11-12.9
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 5 pts
a set or group of three lines of verse rhyming together
couplet
tercet
quatrain
cinquain
Tags
CCSS.RL.11-12.13
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
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