Unseen Poetry Intro Quiz

Question 1

How long should you spend on this exam question?

Accepted Answer

45 mins

Question 2

Correct term? Where the end words of two neighbouring lines almost sound the same.

Accepted Answer

Slant rhyme

Question 3

What is a volta?

Accepted Answer

A turning point in a poem

Question 4

Correct term? A sequence of words beginning with the same consonant sound.

Accepted Answer

Alliteration

Question 5

And how would you define a 'caesura'?

Accepted Answer

A notable pause within a line of poetry.

Question 6

Which of these is NOT in 'CLASP'?

Accepted Answer

Audience

Question 7

Which of these was NOT recommended to consider, as you respond to the poem?

Accepted Answer

Meter

Question 8

And who wrote the second poem we looked at?

Accepted Answer

William Carlos Williams

Question 9

There tends to be a choice of an older and a more recent poem.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 10

What was the title of the first poem we studied?

Accepted Answer

In a Station of the Metro

Question 11

Finally, which of these terms is spelt CORRECTLY?

Accepted Answer

enjambment

Question 12

And what is being assessed?

Accepted Answer

Analysis of how meanings are shaped

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