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Forms of Poetry
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1
What is one characteristic of a sonnet?
All of the above answers.
The form was despised by Shakespeare.
It has 14 lines.
It uses no literary devices.
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What is one characteristic of an ode?
It uses no rhyming or rhythm.
It is made of only three lines.
It is written in order to praise a person, place or thing.
It is meant to be witty and funny.
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What is one characteristic of iambic pentameter?
all of the above
Each foot has two beats--one stressed, the other unstressed
There is a rhyming pattern that is hard to hear.
Its lines have 5 "feet."
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What is the term for words that share the same vowel sound?
alliteration
rhyme
rhythm
meter
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What is one characteristic of a limerick?
It uses no rhyming or rhythm.
It is written in order to praise a great person.
It has only three lines.
It is meant to be witty and funny.
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Which of the following words rhymes with "mice?"
officer
mouse
rant
stalagtite
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What is the term for the pattern of beats in a poem?
rhyming pattern
rhythm pattern
alliteration
the structure of a poem
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How many "meters" are in the line "Me thinks I am a louse."
7
3
5
6
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What is one characteristic of a narrative poem.
It is short.
It is told in the first person, singular
It tells a story.
It does not use rhyme or rhythm.
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What is one characteristic of a haiku poem?
It is meant to be witty and funny.
It follows no rhythm pattern.
It is meant to praise a famous person.
It is made of only three lines.
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What is the term for the way the poet arranges the lines of a poem into stanzas.
The title of the poem.
The form of the poem
The rhythm pattern of the poem.
The rhyming scheme of the poem.
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What is one characteristic of a ballad?
It usually tells a story.
It can be sung.
It sometimes has a chorus that is repeated.
all of the above
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What is a stanza?
A type of poem.
A word in a poem.
A line in a poem.
A verse.
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What is a characteristic of an elegy?
It tells a story.
It honors the dead.
It is only 5 lines.
It is witty and funny.
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What is the main characteristic of a free verse poem?
It's the "lazy person's way" to write poetry.
It tells a story.
It is always about love.
It uses no rhythm or rhyming pattern.
