Types of Literature Quiz

What is one of the three classic types of literature, known for its highly concise, musical, and emotionally charged language?

• Humorous poems

• Narrative poem

• Epic poem

• Poetry

What is a narrative poem?

• A poem that tells a story in verse and includes elements of short stories such as characters, conflict, and plot

• A long narrative poem about a larger-than-life hero

• A poem written to make the reader laugh

• A poem with a regular rhythmic pattern

What is an epic poem?

• A poem that tells a story in verse and includes elements of short stories such as characters, conflict, and plot

• A long narrative poem about a larger-than-life hero engaged in a dangerous journey, important to the history of a nation or culture

• A poem written to make the reader laugh

• A poem with a regular rhythmic pattern

What are humorous poems usually written to do?

• Make the reader laugh and often contain word play, puns, interesting rhyme, and alliteration

• Tell a story in verse

• Describe a larger-than-life hero's journey

• Establish a regular rhythmic pattern

What does internal conflict refer to in literature?

• A struggle between a character and an outside force

• A character's struggle within their own mind to make a decision or overcome a feeling

• The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a poem

• A type of foot in poetry

What is external conflict in literature?

• A struggle within a character's mind

• The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a poem

• A struggle between a character and an outside force, such as another person or some force in nature

• A type of foot in poetry

What is the meter of a poem?

• The story told in the poem

• The struggle within a character's mind

• The type of foot used in the poem

• The poem's rhythmical pattern, based on the number and arrangement of strong and weak beats, or stresses, in each line

What is a foot in poetry?

• A story told in verse

• A struggle within a character's mind

• A unit of meter, with types including iamb, trochee, and anapest

• A humorous poem

What is an example of a foot in poetry that consists of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable?

• Trochee

• Anapest

• Iamb

• External conflict