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Module 3 Poetic Forms

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

spell a word downward, use each letter as the beginning of a new word

a)

acrostic

b)

triolet

c)

quatrain

d)

free verse

2.

unrhymed iambic pentameter

a)

blank verse

b)

cinquain

c)

haiku

d)

limerick

3.

syllable sequence: 2-4-6-8-2

a)

cinquain

b)

pentameter

c)

rhyme

d)

sonnet

4.

poem in the shape of a picture

a)

concrete

b)

couplet

c)

haiku

d)

free verse

5.

two lines that usually rhyme

a)

couplet

b)

quatrain

c)

stanza

d)

tanka

6.

music: beat, poetry: ______

a)

feet

b)

tercet

c)

rhythm

d)

sonnet

7.

poem written without using a pattern or rhyme

a)

free verse

b)

haiku

c)

sonnet

d)

villanelle

8.

Japanese poem with 5-7-5 syllables

a)

haiku

b)

tercet

c)

tanka

d)

couplet

9.

funny five-line poem

a)

limerick

b)

blank verse

c)

concrete poem

d)

foot

10.

five syllables per line

a)

pentameter

b)

tanka

c)

triolet

d)

acrostic

11.

four-line stanza that usually rhymes

a)

quatrain

b)

pentameter

c)

tercet

d)

stanza

12.

repetition of sounds at the ends of words

a)

rhymes

b)

limerick

c)

free verse

d)

couplet

13.

arrangement, flow, motion, meter

a)

rhythm

b)

sonnet

c)

stanza

d)

haiku

14.

poem with rhyme scheme: abbaabba

a)

sonnet

b)

cinquain

c)

acrostic

d)

tanka

15.

pattern or grouping of lines in a poem

a)

stanza

b)

tercet

c)

sonnet

d)

cinquain

16.

Japanese poem that includes a haiku and two more lines

a)

tanka

b)

tercet

c)

haiku

d)

couplet

17.

three line poem or stanza

a)

tercet

b)

triolet

c)

sonnet

d)

pentameter

18.

Lines 1,4,and 7 repeat. Lines 2 and 8 repeat.

a)

triolet

b)

stanza

c)

rhythm

d)

limerick

19.

French poem. fives stanzas with three lines each

a)

villanelle

b)

tanka

c)

haiku

d)

triolet