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POETRY TERM SET 1 - Poem Elements

Total questions: 43

Worksheet time: 32mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are words or phrases repeated throughout the poem called?

a)

rhyme scheme

b)

rhythm

c)

refrain

d)

rhyme

2.

Which poetry term refers to a group of lines arranged together in a poem?

a)

stanza

b)

lines

3.

How is poetry written? (structure)

a)

Sentences & paragraphs

b)

Sentences

c)

Lines & paragraphs

d)

Lines & stanzas

4.

The order/pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of a poem or verse.

a)

internal rhyme

b)

meter

c)

rhyme scheme

d)

plot

5.
The narrator of a poem is called the ____________.
a)
Speaker
b)
Narrator
c)
Talker
d)
Poet
6.
__________ is the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables.
a)
Rhythm
b)
Pattern
c)
Meter
d)
Beat
7.

What are the red letters an example of?

The people along the sand (A)

All turn and look one way. (B)

They turn their back on the land. (A)

They look at the sea all day. (B)

As long as it takes to pass (C)

A ship keeps raising its hull; (C)

The wetter ground like glass (D)

Reflects a standing gull. (D)

a)

Rhythm

b)

Rhyme

c)

Rhyme scheme

d)

Alliteration

8.
A group of lines in a poem; like a paragraph or verse
a)
Lines
b)
Chorus
c)
Stanza
d)
Refrain
9.
Words within the lines that rhyme
a)
Internal Rhyme
b)
Exact Rhyme
c)
Near Rhyme
d)
End Rhyme
10.
The pattern of end rhyme 
a)
Rhythm
b)
Rhyme
c)
Rhyme Scheme
d)
Slant Rhyme
11.

Does poetry have to rhyme?

a)

Yes!

b)

No!

12.
the gap that separates stanzas.
a)
Line
b)
Line Break
c)
Stanza
d)
Rhythm
13.
One line of words.
a)
Line
b)
Line Break
c)
Stanza
d)
Rhythm
14.

stanza

a)

a group of words or a phrase in a poem

b)

a group of lines in a poem, similar to a paragraph in poetry

c)

a pattern of rhyme in a poem

d)

repeating words, phrases, or lines for emphasis

15.

the voice talking to the reader in a poem

a)

speaker

b)

character

c)

author

d)

poet

16.

The basic rhythmic structure of a line within a poem or poetic work

a)

stress

b)

meter

c)

foot

d)

caesura

e)

enjambment

17.

The metrical unit, consisting of stressed and unstressed syllables, by which a line of poetry is measured.

a)

stress

b)

meter

c)

foot

d)

caesura

e)

enjambment

18.
words that end in similar but not exact sounds (prove and love)
a)
exact rhyme
b)
slant rhyme
c)
masculine rhyme
d)
feminine rhyme
19.
rhyming words placed within a line
(The mouse in the house woke the cat.)
a)
end rhyme
b)
alternating rhyme
c)
slant rhyme
d)
internal rhyme
20.
a set pattern of rhyme identified by assigning a different letter of the alphabet to each rhyme (ABAB CC)
a)
terminal rhyme
b)
eye rhyme
c)
rhyme scheme
d)
exact rhyme
21.
rhymes only when spelled, not when pronounced (through/rough)
a)
end rhyme
b)
terminal rhyme
c)
eye rhyme
d)
internal rhyme
22.
two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme
a)
tercet
b)
couplet
c)
quatrain
d)
cinquain
23.
a three line stanza (usually these lines rhyme)
a)
couplet
b)
tercet
c)
quatrain
d)
cinquain
24.
a four-line stanza
a)
cinquain
b)
tercet
c)
couplet
d)
quatrain
25.
a five-line stanza
a)
tercet
b)
quatrain
c)
cinquain
d)
couplet
26.
the most important point in a line of poetry; the breath or pause at the end of each row of words; used along with or instead of punctuation marks, a line break is a deliberate choice by the poet and its use can affect a poem's sound, meaning, and appearance
a)
stanza
b)
line break
c)
terminal rhyme
d)
quatrain
27.
He gives his harness bells a shake
To ask if there’s some mistake.
The only other sound’s the sweep
Of easy wind and downy flake.
a)
tercet
b)
quatrain
c)
cinquain
d)
couplet
28.
The time is out of joint, O cursed spite
That ever I was born to set it right!
a)
couplet
b)
tercet
c)
quatrain
d)
cinquain
29.
An old silent pond…
A frog jumps into the pond,
splash! Silence again.
a)
couplet
b)
tercet
c)
quatrain
d)
cinquain
30.
words that end in both the same vowel and the same consonant sound (sun and run)
a)
exact rhyme
b)
slant rhyme
c)
masculine rhyme
d)
feminine rhyme
31.

What is a persona in poetry?

a)

The main building block of a poem.

b)

The creative use of words to create an impression, a feeling, or put an idea in a reader’s mind by involving and triggering their imaginative sense.

c)

An invented perspective that an author uses which point of view’s might be entirely different than their own.

d)

The use of words in a different way and wording in order to make a text express a complicated meaning.

32.

Based on statements below, which is NOT TRUE about persona?

a)

Authors use persona to express ideas, beliefs, and voices they are not able to express freely.

b)

The persona of a poem strictly represents the poets themselves.

c)

 Persona can be written in three different points of view which are first person (I), second person (you), or third person (he or she).

d)

Poets use persona to communicate to their audiences who they are.

33.

Poetry is...

a)

writing that is musical and artistic in nature

b)

writing that expresses feelings

c)

a style of writing with few rules

d)

all of the above

34.

What is the definition of "persona"?

a)

a role or character adopted by an author or an actor

b)

a long speech by one actor in a play or movie

c)

a conversation between two characters

35.

Which two are correct about the definition of "tone"?

a)

the poet’s attitude toward the poem’s speaker, reader, and subject matter, as interpreted by the reader.

b)

the way the reader feels when reading a poem (i.e.: romantic, realistic, optimistic, pessimistic, gloomy, mournful, sorrowful)

c)

the topic or subject of a poem

36.

What is the definition of "rhythm"?

a)

a strong, repeated pattern of movement or sound

b)

when two words have the same ending

c)

the poet’s attitude toward the poem’s speaker, reader, and subject matter

37.

What are words or phrases repeated throughout the poem called?

a)

rhyme scheme

b)

rhythm

c)

refrain

d)

rhyme

38.

Poetry that does not have a set rhyming pattern.

a)

patterned

b)

free verse

c)

rhymed

d)

humorous

39.

Iambic pentameter lines rhymed in pairs

a)

heroic couplet

b)

tragic flaw

c)

monologue

d)

soliloquy

40.

If two words ALMOST rhyme, it is called __________.

a)

close rhyme

b)

near rhyme

c)

almost rhyme

d)

next rhyme

41.

A stanza with 7 lines is called...

a)

Septet

b)

Octave

c)

Cinquain

d)

Couplet

42.

A stanza with 8 lines is called...

a)

Septet

b)

Quatrain

c)

Tercet

d)

Octave

43.

A stanza with two lines is called...

a)

Septet

b)

Sestet

c)

Tercet

d)

Couplet