
Poetic Meter Practice
Authored by Phillip Harvey
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9th - 12th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What type of meter is the following line? The sun will rise above the hills so high.
Answer explanation
Iambic meter consists of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable.
Tags
CCSS.RL.11-12.13
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.5
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What type of meter is the following line? Fire burning, trees are falling.
Answer explanation
Trochaic meter begins with a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable.
Tags
CCSS.RL.11-12.13
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.10
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What type of meter is the following line? In the depth of the forest, I wander alone.
Answer explanation
Anapestic meter consists of two unstressed syllables followed by a stressed syllable.
Tags
CCSS.RL.7.4
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What type of meter is the following line? Beautiful rivers are flowing through valleys.
Answer explanation
Dactylic meter has a stressed syllable followed by two unstressed syllables.
Tags
CCSS.RL.11-12.13
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.5
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What type of meter is the following line? The sound of the water is soothing.
Answer explanation
Amphibrachic meter consists of a stressed syllable between two unstressed syllables.
Tags
CCSS.RL.11-12.13
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.10
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What type of meter is the following line? Dark as night.
Answer explanation
Cretic meter has a pattern of stressed, unstressed, stressed syllables.
Tags
CCSS.RL.7.4
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What type of meter is the following line? Summer fades into fall.
Answer explanation
Choriambic meter has a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable, and vice versa.
Tags
CCSS.RL.11-12.13
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.5
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