Types of Poetry and Rhyme
Authored by Marianna Rodriguz
English
9th - 12th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Ballad
A poem mourning the dead.
A narrative poem in short stanzas, especially one that tells
a popular story.
Verse that follows no particular form, meter or rhyme
scheme.
Seventeen syllable poems, generally split into three lines
of five, seven and five syllables, often with a theme related
to nature.
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2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Elegy
A poem mourning the dead.
A rhyme within the words of a line
A four line stanza.
Seventeen syllable poems, generally split into three lines
of five, seven and five syllables, often with a theme related
to nature.
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3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Half-Rhyme
(slant rhyme)
A 14 line poem, of which there are various forms (Shake-
spearean, Spenserian etc.)
A group of metrical lines or verses, usually no fewer than
four, arranged in a certain pattern. A stanza is often called
a "verse".
A rhyme where two words have similar consonant sounds
but different vowel sounds e.g. "bell" and "bill". Also called
a slant rhyme or imperfect rhyme.
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4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Internal Rhyme
A group of metrical lines or verses, usually no fewer than
four, arranged in a certain pattern. A stanza is often called
a "verse".
The pattern of rhyming line endings in a poem - e.g. "abab"
means each stanza has four lines, with lines one and three
rhyming with each other ( rhyme "a") and also lines two
and four rhyming with each other (rhyme "b")
A dignified, lyric poem expressing praise or some other
elevated notion.
A rhyme within the words of a line
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5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Ode
A dignified, lyric poem expressing praise or some other
elevated notion.
A 14 line poem, of which there are various forms (Shake-
spearean, Spenserian etc.)
The way an author chooses to join words into phrases,
clauses, and sentences. You may consider which ideas in
a sentence come first and which come second.
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6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Quatrain
a figure of speech which is characterized by the substitu-
tion of a term naming an object closely associated with the
word in mind for the word itself ex. crown = king
A four line stanza.
changes the literal meaning, to make a meaning fresh or
clearer, to express complexity, to capture a physical or
sensory effect, or to extend meaning
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7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Rhyme Scheme
The pattern of rhyming line endings in a poem - e.g. "abab"
means each stanza has four lines, with lines one and three
rhyming with each other ( rhyme "a") and also lines two
and four rhyming with each other (rhyme "b")
A 14 line poem, of which there are various forms (Shake-
spearean, Spenserian etc.)
changes the literal meaning, to make a meaning fresh or
clearer, to express complexity, to capture a physical or
sensory effect, or to extend meaning
Tags
CCSS.RL.7.4
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