Literary Terms Quiz

What is the definition of an epic?

• A long narrative poem recounting heroic deeds

• A repetition of similar sounds in two or more words

• The pattern of rhyme that comes at the end of each verse or line in poetry

• The pattern of beats made up of stressed and unstressed syllables

What is the definition of rhyme?

• A long narrative poem recounting heroic deeds

• A repetition of similar sounds in two or more words

• The pattern of rhyme that comes at the end of each verse or line in poetry

• The pattern of beats made up of stressed and unstressed syllables

What is the definition of scheme?

• A long narrative poem recounting heroic deeds

• A repetition of similar sounds in two or more words

• The pattern of rhyme that comes at the end of each verse or line in poetry

• The pattern of beats made up of stressed and unstressed syllables

What is the definition of rhythm?

• A long narrative poem recounting heroic deeds

• A repetition of similar sounds in two or more words

• The pattern of rhyme that comes at the end of each verse or line in poetry

• The pattern of beats made up of stressed and unstressed syllables

What is the definition of end rhyme?

• The rhyming of final syllables in two or more lines of poetry

• Rhyme that occurs in the middle of lines of poetry

• An image, object, idea or symbol used to represent something other than its literal meaning

• The attitude that a character or narrator or author takes towards a given subject