Basic Rhythms

A basic unit of meter consisting normally of one accented syllable plus one or two unaccented syllables

• meter

• rhythm

• foot

• stress

When a poet wishes to call attention to some of the sounds in a poem because they depart from what is regular s/he may employ

• metrical variations

• scansion

• free verse

• iambic pentameter

When a poet wishes to call attention to some of the sounds in a poem because they depart from what is regular s/he may add syllables to the beginning or ending of lines, this is called

• substitution

• extrametrical syllables

• free verse

• truncation

The silent drumbeat set up in your mind while reading poetry constitutes an

• expected rhythm

• heard rhythm

• scansion

• meter

Which word means "the physical structure of the poem--the length of the lines, their rhythms, their system of rhymes and repetition"?

• form

• word choice

• lyric

• sonnet

What do you call the pattern of the beats in poetry?

• Rhyme

• Meter

• Rhythm

• Line

Which of the following describes a line break?

• A line break is the pattern of the beats in poetry.

• A line break is a poetic device which is used at the end of a line and the beginning of the next line in a poem.

• A line break is a literary device that works as a structural element in a prose.

• Essentially, a line break is the basic rhythmic structure of a line within a poem or poetic work.

What is the term for the natural pause in a verse or a sentence, usually reinforced by punctuation?

• Caesuras

• Line break

• Enjambment

• Couplet

Which of the following is TRUE about iamb?

• Iamb is a foot with two unstressed syllables.

• Iamb is consist of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable.

• Iamb is consist of one stressed syllable followed by two unstressed syllables.

• Iamb is consist of two unstressed syllables followed by a stressed syllable.

What is the term for a repeated pattern of sound or movement in poetry?

• A) Rhythm

• B) Rhyme

• C) Meter

• D) Stanza