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Rhythm and Meter

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 4mins

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Class
Date
1.

What is the term that refers to any wavelike recurrence of motion or sound in a poem?

a)

rhythm

b)

meter

c)

rhyme

d)

accented syllable

2.

The syllable in a word that carries the stress is considered

a)

accented

b)

unaccented

c)

rhetorical

d)

prose

3.

When you add artificial stress to a syllable when speaking, this is called

a)

rhetorical stresses

b)

unaccented syllables

c)

accented syllables

d)

free verse

4.

a line in poetry in which the end of the line corresponds with a natural speech pause is called

a)

end-stopped line

b)

run-on line

c)

enjambment

d)

free verse

5.

A line in poetry in which the sense of the line moves on without pause

a)

end-stopped line

b)

run-on line

c)

enjambment

d)

free verse

6.

Except for its line arrangement there is no necessary difference between the rhythms of prose and this type of poetry

a)

free verse

b)

blank verse

c)

rhymed verse

d)

rhetorical verse

7.

Pauses that occur within lines, either grammatical, physical, or rhetorical are called

a)

caesuras

b)

meter

c)

rhythm

d)

spondee

8.

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

a)

prose poem

b)

blank verse

c)

sonnet

d)

an ode

9.

The identifying characteristic of rhythmic language that we can tap our foot to

a)

meter

b)

rhythm

c)

foot

d)

stress

10.

A basic unit of meter consisting normally of one accented syllable plus one or two unaccented syllables

a)

meter

b)

rhythm

c)

foot

d)

stress

11.

A foot consisting of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable is called a _____ foot

a)

iambic

b)

trochaic

c)

anapestic

d)

dactylic

12.

A foot consisting of a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable is called a _____ foot

a)

iambic

b)

trochaic

c)

anapestic

d)

dactylic

13.

A foot consisting of two unstressed syllables followed by a stressed syllable is called a _____ foot

a)

iambic

b)

trochaic

c)

anapestic

d)

dactylic

14.

A foot consisting of a stressed syllable followed by two unstressed syllables is called a _____ foot

a)

iambic

b)

trochaic

c)

anapestic

d)

dactylic

15.

A line of poetry containing a single foot of meter is labeled as

a)

monometer

b)

dimeter

c)

trimeter

d)

pentameter

16.

A line of poetry containing a two feet of meter is labeled as

a)

monometer

b)

dimeter

c)

trimeter

d)

pentameter

17.

A line of poetry containing a three feet of meter is labeled as

a)

monometer

b)

dimeter

c)

trimeter

d)

pentameter

18.

A line of poetry containing a five feet of meter, the meter most of Shakespeare's sonnet are written in, is labeled as

a)

monometer

b)

dimeter

c)

trimeter

d)

pentameter

19.

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

a)

metrical variations

b)

scansion

c)

free verse

d)

iambic pentameter

20.

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

a)

substitution

b)

extrametrical syllables

c)

free verse

d)

truncation

21.

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

a)

substitution

b)

extrametrical syllables

c)

free verse

d)

truncation

22.

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

a)

substitution

b)

extrametrical syllables

c)

free verse

d)

truncation

23.

The process of defining the metrical form of a poem is called

a)

substitution

b)

extrametrical syllables

c)

scansion

d)

truncation

24.

The silent drumbeat set up in your mind while reading poetry constitutes an

a)

expected rhythm

b)

heard rhythm

c)

scansion

d)

meter

25.

The actual rhythm of the words that sometimes will confirm what you expected

a)

expected rhythm

b)

heard rhythm

c)

scansion

d)

meter

26.

A poem with specific meter, iambic pentameter, but the lines are unrhymed

a)

free verse

b)

blank verse

c)

ballad

d)

spittin' bars