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Basic Rhythms

Authored by Sarah Williams

English

12th Grade

CCSS covered

Basic Rhythms
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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

meter

rhythm

foot

stress

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.11

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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

expected rhythm

heard rhythm

scansion

meter

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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

Rhyme

Meter

Rhythm

Line

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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.

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

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