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Poem Structure

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a Stanza?

a)

adj; a group of lines forming the basic reoccurring metrical unit in a poem;a verse

b)

adj; a part of a poem or song forming one row of written or printed words

c)

noun: a part of a poem or song forming one row of written or printed words

d)

noun; a group of lines forming the basic reoccurring metrical unit in a poem;a verse

2.

What is a line?

a)

adj; a group of lines forming the basic reoccurring metrical unit in a poem;a verse

b)

noun; a group of lines forming the basic reoccurring metrical unit in a poem;a verse

c)

noun; a part of a poem or song forming one row of written or printed words

d)

adj; a part of a poem or song forming one row of written or printed words

3.

What is a couplet?

a)

3 lines

b)

2 lines

c)

5 lines

d)

8 lines

4.

What is 3 lines called?

a)

tercet

b)

couplet

c)

sestet

d)

septet

5.

What is a quatrain?

a)

2 lines

b)

8 lines

c)

4 lines

d)

5 lines

6.

What is a Cinquain?

a)

5 lines

b)

4 lines

c)

3 lines

d)

9 lines

7.

What are 6 lines called?

a)

cinquain

b)

sestet

c)

septet

d)

octave

8.

What is a septet?

a)

6 lines

b)

2 lines

c)

3 lines

d)

7 lines

9.

What is an octave?

a)

9 lines

b)

10 lines

c)

4 lines

d)

8 lines

10.

What is rhyme?

a)

the correspondence of sounds between different words, or the ending of the word

b)

the repetition of vowel sounds

c)

the repetition of initial consonant sounds

d)

the use of words that create the sounds that they describe

11.

What is assonance?

a)

the correspondence of sounds between different words, or the ending of the word

b)

the repetition of initial consonant sounds

c)

the repetition of vowel sounds

d)

the use of words that create the sounds that they describe

12.

Define alliteration.

a)

adj; a group of lines forming the basic reoccurring metrical unit in a poem;a verse

b)

adj; a part of a poem or song forming one row of written or printed words

c)

a couplet

d)

the repetition of initial consonant sounds

13.

What is a metaphor

a)

a comparison between two unlike things, usually with the words like or as

b)

the giving of human qualities to an animal, object, or the abstract idea.

c)

the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses

d)

a figure of speech that implies a comparison between two unlikely things

14.

What is a simile

a)

a play on words; can be on different meanings of the same word or on the similar sense or sound of different words

b)

when incongruous or contradictory terms appear side by side.

c)

a comparison between two unlike things, usually with the words like or as

d)

a reference to a well-known person, story or idea (often a biblical or myth)