Introduction to poetry

Question 1

Poets use different tools such as rhyme, repetition, and metaphors to create an overall effect. These are called

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poetic devices

Question 2

What type or form of poetry has no rhyming pattern?

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Free Verse

Question 3

Why Poetry?

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To share the human experience.

Question 4

Shakespeare was famous for writing this type of poem

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sonnet

Question 5

What percentage of writings in the Bible are poetry?

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30%

Question 6

Which peice of poetry is the oldest?

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The Epic of Gilgamesh

Question 7

You need to be able to analyse and dissect a poem in order to enjoy it

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False

Question 8

Poetry uses these instead of paragraphs:

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Stanzas

Question 9

A poem written by Edgar Allan Poe

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The Raven

Question 10

What is poetry?

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poetry is literature at its most concentrated form, Poetry is language unleashed, Poetry shares ideas and feelings, Poetry.is literature that plays on the senses

Question 11

Language, grammar and punctuation of poetry is allowed to deviate from the generally accepted rules. This is called...

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Poetic licence

Question 12

We come to love poetry as children through

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songs, nursery rhymes, lullabies

Question 13

The 3 R's of performance poetry are:

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Rhythm, Repetition & Rhyme

Question 14

Poetry is a sensory experience it works through

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the sounds it creates, the ideas it communicates, the feelings it provokes, the images it creates

Question 15

What is the fear of poetry?

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Metrophobia.

Question 16

What is poetry slam?

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The competitive art of performance poetry

Question 17

Who has been called the Father of Poetry?

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Geoffery Chaucer

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