Parkin ENGL 175 Poetry Test Review

1. Which of the following is defined as the technique of running over from one line to the next without stopping?

• anaphora

• enjambment

• caesura

• none of the above

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CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

1. Which of the following is a poem consisting wholly of dialogue among characters unmediated by a narrator?

• dramatic poetry

• narrative poetry

• lyric poetry

• none of the above

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CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

1. Which of the following is a poem describing and idealizing the simple life of country folk, usually shepherds who live a painless life in a world full of beauty, music, and love?

• epic

• occasional

• ode

• pastoral

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

1. Which of the following is defined as the metrical verse form most like everyday human speech in English consisting of unrhymed lines in iambic pentameter?

• iambic

• anapestic

• Blank Verse
• Free Verse

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.11

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

1. Which of the following is defined as the repetition of certain consonant sounds in close proximity, as in “mishmash”?

• Alliteration
• Consonance

• Assonance
• Caesura

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What is poetry characterized by varying line lengths, lack of traditional meter, and non-rhyming lines?

• Free verse
• Sonnet
• Prose Poem

• Catalog Poem

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.11

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Which of the following is defined as a rhyme that is slightly “off” or only approximate?

• end rhyme

• slant rhyme
• internal rhyme

• assonance

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

1. Which of the following is defined as the most common type of rhyme in poetry which occurs when the last words in two or more lines of a poem rhyme with each other?

• Rhyming Couplet

• Slant Rhyme

• Internal rhyme
• End rhyme

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

1. Which of the following is defined as a verse form consisting of 19 lines divided into 6 stanzas of 5 tercets (3-line stanza) and 1 quatrain?

• ode
• ballad

• sonnet

• none of the above

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

1. Which of the following is defined as two consecutive lines of verse linked by rhyme in iambic pentameter?

• couplet

• rhyming couplet

• heroic couplet

• none of the above

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9