Poetry Quiz

What is the rhythmic unit called when an unstressed syllable is followed by a stressed syllable?

• Anapaest

• Iamb

• Trochee

• Dactyl

How many feet are there in a line of iambic pentameter?

• 4

• 5

• 6

• 7

Which of the following is a fixed form of poetry?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Sonnet

• Alliteration

What is the rhyme scheme of a Petrarchan sonnet?

• ABBA ABBA CDE CDE GG

• ABAB CDCD EFEF

• ABAB CDCD EFEF GG

• ABBA ABBA CDE CDE

What does a simile create a comparison between?

• Two lines

• Two elements

• Two words

• Two stanzas

What is the most common metre in English poetry?

• Monometer

• Dimeter

• Pentameter

• Hexameter

What is the use of assonance in poetry?

• To correspond or repeat vowels without regard to final consonants

• To create a comparison between two elements

• To recur the same initial sound in words

• To imitate the sound of its object

What is the use of consonance in poetry?

• To create a comparison between two elements

• To correspond or repeat consonants without regard to vowels

• To imitate the sound of its object

• To recur the same initial sound in words

What is the use of onomatopoeia in poetry?

• To recur the same initial sound in words

• To create a comparison between two elements

• To imitate the sound of its object

• To correspond or repeat vowels without regard to final consonants

What is the Elizabethan sonnet made up of?

• Three quatrains and a concluding rhyming couplet

• Two quatrains and two tercets

• ABBA ABBA CDE CDE

• ABAB CDCD EFEF GG