Poetry & Poetry Structure Test

What is poetry?

• A text written in stanzas

• A type of music that uses repetition

• A way of painting on a canvas

• A text written with random words and phrases

How do authors use words in poetry?

• To show how randomly selected words have no meaning

• To provide the reader with beauty, symbolism, sounds, and meaning

• To create a better understanding of the author's purpose

• To describe "Annabel Lee"

Why is poetry different from typical passages?

• It uses random words chosen by the author

• It is written with paragraphs and paragraph breaks

• It has words connected to ideas, thoughts, and feelings chosen by the author

• It is always written about a specific person in the author's life

Which of the following is part of the general structure of a poem?

• Stanza

• Repetition

• Rhyme

• Rhyme scheme

What is a stanza in a poem?

• A section composed of one or more lines

• A five-word phrase that repeats

• A paragraph similar to a story

• A chapter found in a fiction book

What does a stanza look like?

• A paragraph

• A sentence

• A word

• A chapter

What separates the stanzas in a poem?

• A stanza break

• A comma

• A period

• A title

What is a stanza break?

• A space between stanzas

• A space at the end of the stanza

• A line drawn between each stanza

• The word "pause" between stanzas

What is repetition in literature?

• Repeating words, phrases, lines, or stanzas

• Using different words to express the same idea

• Writing in a different language

• Changing the order of words in a sentence

What is one of the purposes of repetition?

• To better understand the theme of the poem

• To strengthen a feeling or idea in the poem

• To make the poem more interesting overall

• To change the meaning of the central idea of the poem