Literary forms and Genres

Which one of these means three syllables, with the first is emphasized, but the second two are not.

• Dactyl

• Iamb

• Pentaminter

• Trochee

What is the term for a metrical foot consisting of two syllables, where the first is unstressed and the second is stressed?

• Dactyl

• Trochee

• Iamb

• Anapest

Which metrical foot is characterized by two unstressed syllables followed by a stressed syllable?

• Dactyl

• Iamb

• Trochee

• Anapest

Identify the metrical foot that consists of a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable.

• Trochee

• Dactyl

• Iamb

• Anapest

What is a couplet?

• Two lines that rhyme with one line in between them that does not

• Two stanzas that share a rhyme scheme

• Two lines that share the same meter.

• Two rhyming lines placed directly together sharing the same meter.

• Two lines that are the same length.

What meter is used in a haiku?

• Spondaic Pentameter

• Spondaic Tetrameter

• There is no fixed meter in a haiku; a poet counts the syllables in each line but there is no specific rhythm of emphasis required.

• iambic pentameter.

What does Meter mean?

• The Rhythm created by organized a poem around emphasis on certain syllables

• the organization of rhymes

• the limitations placed on the lengths of the lines.

• the way the lines are separated from each other.

How many syllables is an iamb?

• one

• two

• three

• four

What is a characteristic of all nonfiction?

• Facts

• Plot

• Purpose to Express

• characters

Informative nonfiction are:

• Textbooks

• Novels

• Novellas

• Drama