WorksheetsPoetry Review
Total questions: 34
Worksheet time: 20mins
The story was like a puzzle with different meanings.
Mrs. Bennett was an angry buffalo.
With a crash, the tree fell on the ground.
Kathy has a collection of crazy, calico cats.
My stomach was growling like a lion.
The flowers danced in the breeze.
The building is like a modern giant in the sky.
Lily loved laying near the large lake.
The snake hissed as it slithered past us.
The syllables are divided into pairs called iambs or iambic feet.
True
False
True or False: Shakespeare favored iambic pentameter.
True
False
Iambic Pentameter means
each line of verse is made up of five two syllable iambs
there are only 5 lines in the entire poem
there are only 10 syllables in the poem
none of the above
What is a "sonnet"?
a line of poetry consisting of 10 syllables (5 feet) of iambs (unstressed, stressed)
a 14-line poem that states the author’s personal feelings; typically in rhymed iambic pentameter
a metrical foot consisting of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable
a division of poem based on thought or form
What is the typical structure of an English sonnet?
2 quatrains and a couplet
3 quatrains and a couplet
1 quatrain and 2 couplets
none of the above; they are free-verse
What is a "couplet"?
a stanza consisting of four lines
two lines of verse that rhyme and have the same meter
the “turn” or change in effect or emotion
the pattern in which rhyme sounds occur in a stanza
"ABAB CDCD EFEF GG" is the ________ of a typical English/Shakespearean sonnet.
rhyme scheme
meter
iambic pentameter
foot
The syllables are divided into pairs called iambs or iambic feet.
True
False
