Poetry Elements

What is the meter of a poem?

• The story told in the poem

• The struggle within a character's mind

• The type of foot used in the poem

• The poem's rhythmical pattern, based on the number and arrangement of strong and weak beats, or stresses, in each line

What is a foot in poetry?

• A story told in verse

• A struggle within a character's mind

• A unit of meter, with types including iamb, trochee, and anapest

• A humorous poem

What is the purpose of a stanza in poetry?

• To create a visual image

• To separate ideas or themes

• To provide a rhyme scheme

• To introduce characters

Which element of poetry refers to the repetition of similar sounds at the end of lines?

• Alliteration

• Assonance

• Rhyme

• Meter

What is a haiku?

• A type of rhyme scheme

• A three-line poem with a 5-7-5 syllable structure

• A poem with a repeating chorus

• A narrative poem

What does the term 'enjambment' refer to in poetry?

• The use of metaphor

• The continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line

• The use of rhyme at the end of lines

• The use of a specific meter

Which of the following is a type of figurative language often used in poetry?

• Simile

• Narrative

• Stanza

• Foot

What is the main characteristic of a sonnet?

• It has 14 lines

• It tells a story

• It is written in free verse

• It has no rhyme scheme

What is personification in poetry?

• Giving human characteristics to non-human things

• A type of rhyme

• A form of meter

• A stanza structure

What is the role of imagery in poetry?

• To create a visual representation in the reader's mind

• To establish the poem's meter

• To provide a rhyme scheme

• To introduce the poem's theme