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1
Good poetry needs to rhyme
False
True
2
Above all, poetry seeks to create
an intellectual response
an emotional response
a superficial response
a rational response
3
Haiku is a form of Japanese poetry with a specific number of lines and syllables per line:
4 lines 6-4-6-4
3 lines 4-8-4
3 lines 5-7-5
5 lines 7-5-3-5-7
4
Alliteration is when
the last letter of words in close proximity make the same sound
the first letter of words in close proximity make the same sound
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the middle letter of words in close proximity make the same sound
5
The 5 most definable characteristics of poetry are:
vocabulary; emotion, musical value, spacing, relationship to page
economy of language; analysis, musical value, spacing, relationship to page
economy of language; emotion, musical value, spacing, romantic topic
economy of language; emotion, musical value, spacing, relationship to page
6
An iamb is a metrical foot of 2 syllables: first syllable stressed, 2nd syllable unstressed
False
True
7
Blank verse is usually written in
iambic diameter
iambic pentameter
iambic tetramter
iambic quameter
8
Sonnet is a form of poetry originating in
the English courts of the 16th century
the Italian courts of the 15th century
the French courts of the 15th century
The Dutch courts of the 16th century
9
Enjambment is when
there is no punctuation mark at the end of a line of poetry
there is a semicolon at the end of a line of poetry
there is a full stop at the end of a line of poetry
there is a comma at the end of a line of poetry
10
A metaphor is when
when one thing is said instead of another thing
one thing is not like another thing
one thing is said to be another thing
two things are likened to oneanother