Understanding Poetry: Rhythm and Meter

____________is the various patterns of sound that are connected to the beat.

• Beat
• Rhythm
• Meter
• Tempo

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What is the term that refers to any wavelike recurrence of motion or sound in a poem?

• rhythm

• meter

• rhyme

• accented syllable

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The identifying characteristic of rhythmic language that we can tap our foot to

• meter

• rhythm

• foot

• stress

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what is the meaning of rhythm?

• patterns or beats that give a musical appeal

• rap songs that have the word rhythm in it

• a pattern of specific syllables measured by "foot"

• the using of stressed and unstressed syllables

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what is the meaning of meter?

• overall tempo, or pace, at which the poem unfolds.

• beats and pattern.

• premeasured patterns of stressed and unstressed syllables.

• measuring unit in math .

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__________ is the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables.

• Rhythm
• Pattern
• Meter
• Beat

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What is a meter?

• the pattern of accents and beats in a poem
• a row of words in a poem
• a measuring device

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The repetition of sound at the end of words is called ________.  

• stanzas
• lines
• rhyme 
• figurative language

True or False: All poems must rhyme.

• True
• False

Rhythm gives poetry a ____ quality.

• Musical
• Old-fashioned
• Important
• Difficult