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Poetry and Literary Devices Quiz

Authored by Jessica Priestley

English

12th Grade

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Poetry and Literary Devices Quiz
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Define free verse poem

Nonmetrical, nonrhyming lines that closely follow the natural rhythms of speech.

Poetry written in unrhymed but metered lines, almost always iambic pentameter.

A poem, Italian in origin, composed of tercets woven into a complex rhyme scheme.

a pair of rhyming iambic pentameters, much used by Chaucer and the poets of the 17th and 18th centuries such as Alexander Pope.

A poem made of stanzas of four lines, especially having alternate rhymes.

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.11

CCSS.RL.8.5

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Define blank verse poem

Nonmetrical, nonrhyming lines that closely follow the natural rhythms of speech.

Poetry written in unrhymed but metered lines, almost always iambic pentameter.

A poem, Italian in origin, composed of tercets woven into a complex rhyme scheme.

a pair of rhyming iambic pentameters, much used by Chaucer and the poets of the 17th and 18th centuries such as Alexander Pope.

A poem made of stanzas of four lines, especially having alternate rhymes.

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Define terza rima

Nonmetrical, nonrhyming lines that closely follow the natural rhythms of speech.

Poetry written in unrhymed but metered lines, almost always iambic pentameter.

A poem, Italian in origin, composed of tercets woven into a complex rhyme scheme.

a pair of rhyming iambic pentameters, much used by Chaucer and the poets of the 17th and 18th centuries such as Alexander Pope.

A poem made of stanzas of four lines, especially having alternate rhymes.

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Define heroic couplets

Nonmetrical, nonrhyming lines that closely follow the natural rhythms of speech.

Poetry written in unrhymed but metered lines, almost always iambic pentameter.

A poem, Italian in origin, composed of tercets woven into a complex rhyme scheme.

a pair of rhyming iambic pentameters, much used by Chaucer and the poets of the 17th and 18th centuries such as Alexander Pope.

A poem made of stanzas of four lines, especially having alternate rhymes.

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Define quatrains

Nonmetrical, nonrhyming lines that closely follow the natural rhythms of speech.

Poetry written in unrhymed but metered lines, almost always iambic pentameter.

A poem, Italian in origin, composed of tercets woven into a complex rhyme scheme.

a pair of rhyming iambic pentameters, much used by Chaucer and the poets of the 17th and 18th centuries such as Alexander Pope.

A poem made of stanzas of four lines, especially having alternate rhymes.

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

This is an example of

free verse

blank verse

terza rima

a heroic couplet

a quatrain

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.11

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

This is an example of

free verse

blank verse

terza rima

heroic couplets

a quatrain

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

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