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Poetry Terms #1

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A type of literature that creates an emotional response. Poets select and arrange specific language for its meaning, sound, and rhythm

a)

Poetry

b)

Line Break

c)

Rhyme

d)

Couplet

2.

Another word for poetry

a)

Verse

b)

Poetry

c)

Refrain

d)

Stanza

3.

A grouping of lines in a poem (like a paragraph). Often each stanza is the same length and follows the same pattern of meter or rhyme.

a)

Stanza

b)

Verse

c)

Enjambment

d)

Rhyme

4.

Where a line in the poem is broken and a new line begins

a)

Line Break

b)

Enjambment

c)

End Stop

d)

Refrain

5.

Enjambment and End Stop both represent this term:

a)

Line Break

b)

Poetry

c)

Verse

d)

Internal Rhyme

6.

Ending a line of poetry without completing a statement or clause

a)

Enjambment

b)

Refrain

c)

End Stop

d)

Verse

7.

Ending a line with a complete sentence or clause-- ends with punctuation

a)

End Stop

b)

Enjambment

c)

Verse

d)

Poetry

8.

A repeated phrase, line, or group of lines

a)

Refrain

b)

Rhyme

c)

Stanza

d)

Couplet

9.

The repetition of final sounds in two or more words

a)

Rhyme

b)

Refrain

c)

Couplet

d)

Verse

10.

The repetition of final sounds in two or more words

a)

Rhyme Scheme

b)

Refrain

c)

Stanza

d)

Couplet

11.

What is the rhyme scheme:

The dog

sat on the log

but fell off

into the fog

a)

AABA

b)

ABAA

c)

AAAB

d)

BBAB

12.

When rhyming words occur in the same line of poetry

a)

Internal Rhyme

b)

Couplet

c)

Rhyme

d)

Enjambment

13.

Two lines of verse the same length that usually rhyme

a)

Couplet

b)

Verse

c)

Poetry

d)

Stanza

14.

The dog ran into the bog

and sat on a log.


The log was too weak

and dumped the dog in the creek.


This is an example of which TWO terms:

a)

Couplet and Internal Rhyme

b)

Verse and Couplet

c)

Poetry and Enjambment

d)

Stanza and End Stopped Line

15.

Define the rhyme scheme:

The dog ran into the bog

and sat on a log.


The log was too weak

and dumped the dog in the creek.

a)

AABB

b)

ABAB

c)

AABC

d)

BBAA