Basic Rhythms

What is the term that refers to any wavelike recurrence of motion or sound in a poem?

• rhythm

• meter

• rhyme

• accented syllable

Except for its line arrangement there is no necessary difference between the rhythms of prose and this type of poetry

• free verse

• blank verse

• rhymed verse

• rhetorical verse

The identifying characteristic of rhythmic language that we can tap our foot to

• meter

• rhythm

• foot

• stress

A foot consisting of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable is called a _____ foot

• iambic

• trochaic

• anapestic

• dactylic

A foot consisting of a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable is called a _____ foot

• iambic

• trochaic

• anapestic

• dactylic

A foot consisting of two unstressed syllables followed by a stressed syllable is called a _____ foot

• iambic

• trochaic

• anapestic

• dactylic

A foot consisting of a stressed syllable followed by two unstressed syllables is called a _____ foot

• iambic

• trochaic

• anapestic

• dactylic

A line of poetry containing a single foot of meter is labeled as

• monometer

• dimeter

• trimeter

• pentameter

A line of poetry containing a two feet of meter is labeled as

• monometer

• dimeter

• trimeter

• pentameter

A line of poetry containing a three feet of meter is labeled as

• monometer

• dimeter

• trimeter

• pentameter