Poetry Vocabulary Quiz

What is a stanza?

• A single line of poetry

• A unified group of lines in poetry

• A stanza in a poem that has exactly four lines

• Two lines that rhyme

What is rhyme?

• A stanza in a poem that has exactly four lines

• Two lines that rhyme

• A single line of poetry

• The repetition of the same or similar sounds

What is rhyme scheme?

• A stanza in a poem that has exactly four lines

• The pattern formed by the rhyming words at the end of lines

• The repetition of the same or similar sounds

• A single line of poetry

What is a quatrain?

• A stanza in a poem that has exactly four lines

• A single line of poetry.

• The pattern formed by the rhyming words at the end of lines.

  
  

• Describes the organization of words and lines in a poem. It also describes its rhyme scheme and meter.

What is a couplet?

• A unified group of lines in poetry

• A stanza in a poem that has exactly four lines

• A single line of poetry

• Two lines that rhyme, but they also often have the same meter, rhythmic structure in a verse or line.

What is meter?

• A stanza in a poem that has exactly four lines

• The recurrence of stressed and unstressed sounds in poetry

• Two lines that rhyme

• The measured arrangement of sounds/beats in a poem

What is rhythm?

• The measured arrangement of sounds/beats in a poem

• The recurrence of stressed and unstressed sounds in poetry

• Two lines that rhyme

• A stanza in a poem that has exactly four lines

What is verse?

• A stanza in a poem that has exactly four lines

• Two lines that rhyme

• A unified group of lines in poetry

• A single line of poetry

What are graphical elements in poetry?

• Uses punctuation and capitalization to create meaning or add effect in poetry

• The recurrence of stressed and unstressed sounds in poetry

• Two lines that rhyme

• A stanza in a poem that has exactly four lines

What is poetic structure?

• Two lines that rhyme

• Describes the organization of words and lines in a poem

• A stanza in a poem that has exactly four lines

• The measured arrangement of sounds/beats in a poem