Understanding Literary Structure

Which poetic structure is similar to a paragraph in prose?

• Speaker

• Couplet

• Stanza

• Line

Which poetic structure is similar to a narrator in prose?

• Speaker

• Couplet

• Stanza

• Rapper

Imagery can be best described as...

• A type of poem that only contains images

• The use of humour

• The use of vivid language to generate ideas and/or evoke mental images.

• The use of pictures

Which word means "refers to a writer's selection of words based on meaning (both denotative and connotative), specificity, tone, and audience. Also called diction, this is an essential ingredient of style"?

• metaphors

• rhythm

• grammar

• word choice

What kind of stanza is shown in this photo?

• couplet

• quatrain

• sestet

This excerpt contains _________.

• three couplets

• one sestet

• three quatrains

Examine the red text in the excerpt below. Which device is present?

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

• allusion

What is the rhyme scheme of this stanza?

• ababab

• abcdef

• ababcd

• abcbdb

Line two contains two examples of __________.

• alliteration

• internal rhyme

• simile

• metaphor

Speaker, stanza, couplet, and quatrain are all...

• Poetic Structures
• Figurative Language
• Sound Devices
• Types of poems