WorksheetsRhythm and Meter
Total questions: 26
Worksheet time: 4mins
What is the term that refers to any wavelike recurrence of motion or sound in a poem?
rhythm
meter
rhyme
accented syllable
The syllable in a word that carries the stress is considered
accented
unaccented
rhetorical
prose
When you add artificial stress to a syllable when speaking, this is called
rhetorical stresses
unaccented syllables
accented syllables
free verse
a line in poetry in which the end of the line corresponds with a natural speech pause is called
end-stopped line
run-on line
enjambment
free verse
A line in poetry in which the sense of the line moves on without pause
end-stopped line
run-on line
enjambment
free verse
Except for its line arrangement there is no necessary difference between the rhythms of prose and this type of poetry
free verse
blank verse
rhymed verse
rhetorical verse
Pauses that occur within lines, either grammatical, physical, or rhetorical are called
caesuras
meter
rhythm
spondee
A new type of poetry has emerged that depends entirely on ordinary prose rhythms, but also pays specific attention to connotation, imagery, figurative language, and evocative language
prose poem
blank verse
sonnet
an ode
The identifying characteristic of rhythmic language that we can tap our foot to
meter
rhythm
foot
stress
A basic unit of meter consisting normally of one accented syllable plus one or two unaccented syllables
meter
rhythm
foot
stress
A foot consisting of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable is called a _____ foot
iambic
trochaic
anapestic
dactylic
A foot consisting of a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable is called a _____ foot
iambic
trochaic
anapestic
dactylic
A foot consisting of two unstressed syllables followed by a stressed syllable is called a _____ foot
iambic
trochaic
anapestic
dactylic
A foot consisting of a stressed syllable followed by two unstressed syllables is called a _____ foot
iambic
trochaic
anapestic
dactylic
A line of poetry containing a single foot of meter is labeled as
monometer
dimeter
trimeter
pentameter
A line of poetry containing a two feet of meter is labeled as
monometer
dimeter
trimeter
pentameter
A line of poetry containing a three feet of meter is labeled as
monometer
dimeter
trimeter
pentameter
A line of poetry containing a five feet of meter, the meter most of Shakespeare's sonnet are written in, is labeled as
monometer
dimeter
trimeter
pentameter
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
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 replace the regular foot with another one, this is called
substitution
extrametrical syllables
free verse
truncation
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
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 omit unaccented syllables from the beginning or ending of lines, this is called
substitution
extrametrical syllables
free verse
truncation
The process of defining the metrical form of a poem is called
substitution
extrametrical syllables
scansion
truncation
The silent drumbeat set up in your mind while reading poetry constitutes an
expected rhythm
heard rhythm
scansion
meter
The actual rhythm of the words that sometimes will confirm what you expected
expected rhythm
heard rhythm
scansion
meter
A poem with specific meter, iambic pentameter, but the lines are unrhymed
free verse
blank verse
ballad
spittin' bars
