Poetic Terms Quiz

What is Rhythm?

• An audible pattern in verse established by the intervals between stressed syllables.

• A pair of successive rhyming lines.

• A grouping of lines separated from others in a poem.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

What are Stressed Syllables?

• A syllable uttered in a higher pitch—or with greater emphasis—than others.

• Parts of a word or poetic line that are spoken with less emphasis.

• A phrase or line repeated at intervals within a poem.

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What are Unstressed Syllables?

• Parts of a word or poetic line that are spoken with less emphasis compared to stressed syllables.

• A four-line stanza, often with various rhyme schemes.

• The rhythmical pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in verse.

Tags

CCSS.RF.1.3D

CCSS.RF.2.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

What is a Refrain?

• A phrase or line repeated at intervals within a poem, especially at the end of a stanza.

• A metrical foot consisting of an unaccented syllable followed by an accented syllable.

• Nonmetrical, nonrhyming lines that closely follow the natural rhythms of speech.

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is a Couplet?

• A pair of successive rhyming lines, usually of the same length.

• A grouping of lines separated from others in a poem.

• A line made up of five feet.

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is Internal rhythm?

• An audible pattern in verse established by the intervals between stressed syllables.

• Elements of a poem that invoke any of the five senses.

• The poet’s attitude toward the poem’s speaker.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

What is Free verse?

• Nonmetrical, nonrhyming lines that closely follow the natural rhythms of speech.

• A four-line stanza, often with various rhyme schemes.

• A line in a poem is a set of words that ends for a specific reason.

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What is Imagery?

• Elements of a poem that invoke any of the five senses to create a set of mental images.

• The overall emotional atmosphere or feeling that a reader experiences.

• A writing technique where words or expressions go beyond their literal meaning.

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What is Iambic?

• A metrical foot consisting of an unaccented syllable followed by an accented syllable.

• A line made up of five feet.

• A four-line stanza, often with various rhyme schemes.

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is Iambic pentameter?

• A line made up of five feet. It is the most common metrical line in English.

• The rhythmical pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in verse.

• A phrase or line repeated at intervals within a poem.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4