POETRY VOCAB MODULE 2

Stanza:

• A set of lines that all have to rhyme with each other

• Basically a paragraph in a poem

• A set of 14 lines in a poem

• A collection of poems

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CCSS.RL.7.4

I am the pool of gold

When sunset burns and dies --

You are my deepening skies;

Give me your stars to hold.

What rhyme scheme is this excerpt?

• ABAB

• AABB

• ABBA

• ABCD

Answer explanation

Gold and hold rhyme, and dies and skies rhyme which makes this stanza ABBA.

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CCSS.RL.7.4

Which word is an example of anapest?

• Computer

• Avenue

• Library

• Understand

Answer explanation

Anapest means there are two unstressed syllables and then one stressed syllable. When saying a 3 syllable word, think about which syllable you're stressing. If its the last one in a 3 syllable word, it would be considered anapest.

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CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

Which word(s) are an example of trochee?

• Garden

• Highway

• Tiger

• Foresee

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CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

Know then thyself, presume not God to scan;

The proper study of mankind is man.

Plac’d on this isthmus of a middle state,

A being darkly wise, and rudely great:

With too much knowledge for the sceptic side,

With too much weakness for the stoic’s pride,

He hangs between; in doubt to act, or rest;

In doubt to deem himself a god, or beast;

In doubt his mind or body to prefer;

Born but to die, and reas’ning but to err;

Alike in ignorance, his reason such,

Whether he thinks too little, or too much …

This excerpt from Alexander Pope's An Essay On Man would be considered which of the following options?

• Iambic hexameter

• Iambic foot

• Iambic trimeter

• Iambic pentameter

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CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

Form is...

• The design of a poem

• The layout of a stanza in a poem

• What picture a concrete poem is going to make

• The grammar used in a poem

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

How many lines does a sonnet have?

• 16

• 14

• 12

• 24

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CCSS.RL.7.4

What do elegies and eulogies have in common?

• Wallowing in self pity

• Ded ppl

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• They talk about how boring poetry is unless its rap lyrics

Answer explanation

Elegies are meant to be sad laments about the deceased, while eulogies are meant to praise and celebrate their life

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CCSS.RL.11-12.6

What is an ode?

• A poem expressing grief

• A poem expressing joy

• A poem expressing boredom

• A poem meant to be sung

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CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

How many lines does a villanelle have?

• 20

• 19

• 18

• 17

• 16

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CCSS.RL.7.4