Poetic Language/Devices Review

Question 1

What is the process of marking out stresses in a poem to find the meter called?

Accepted Answer

Scansion

Question 2

What is stanza?

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A group of lines forming a unit/"paragraph" in a poem

Question 3

Usually free verse, shorter than traditional poetry, does not follow any rhyme or meter...?

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Organic Poetry

Question 4

Iambic pentameter that does not rhyme is called...

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Blank Verse

Question 5

What is the ordered pattern of rhymes at the end of each line or verse of a work of poetry?

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Rhyme Scheme

Question 6

What would you call a pair of lines that rhyme?

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A couplet

Question 7

What is a poem's certain pattern (rhyme scheme or meter) and certain focus called?

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Poetic Form

Question 8

A metric line that contains 4 feet

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Tetrameter

Question 9

Doves are often used to depict peace. This is an example of...

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Symbolism

Question 10

What is poetry that rhymes and/or follows a certain meter/verse structure?

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Traditional Poetry

Question 11

An unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable

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Iamb

Question 12

A stressed followed by an unstressed syllable

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Trochee

Question 13

When two or more words repeat the same vowel sound but start with different consonant sounds?

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Assonance

Question 14

Two stressed syllable; a "DUM-DUM" stress pattern

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Spondee

Question 15

Name the poetic device: "The book fell on the floor with a BANG!"

Accepted Answer

Onomatopoeia

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