Poetry Terminology Quiz

What is a metrical foot containing three syllables, the first two of which are unstressed and the last of which is stressed?

• Iamb

• Dactyl

• Anapest

• Trochee

What is a long, often book-length, narrative in verse form that retells the heroic journey of a single person, or group of people?

• Epic

• Sonnet

• Free Verse

• Foot

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

What is a metrical foot containing two syllables, the first of which is unstressed and the latter of which is stressed?

• Iamb

• Pentameter

• Trochee

• Meter

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

What is a metrical foot containing two syllables, the first of which is stressed and the second of which is unstressed?

• Iamb

• Pentameter

• Trochee

• Meter

What is open form poetry not dictated by an established form or meter and often influenced by the rhythms of speech?

• Free Verse

• Sonnet

• Meter

• Epic

What is the measured pattern of rhythmic accents in a line of verse?

• Meter

• Stress

• Foot

• Pentameter

What is the term describing when a greater amount of force is used to pronounce one syllable over an adjacent, unstressed syllable?

• Stress

• Anapest

• Iamb

• Trochee

What is a fourteen-line poem traditionally written in iambic pentameter, employing one of several rhyme schemes, and adhering to a tightly structured thematic organization?

• Sonnet

• Epic

• Free Verse

• Foot

What is a metrical foot containing three syllables, the first stressed and the following two unstressed?

• Dactyl

• Anapest

• Iamb

• Trochee

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is the basic unit of measurement of the syllables within a line of poetry?

• Stress

• Foot

• Meter

• Pentameter