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How to write traditional poems - Exam
Contributed by: Sadler
  • 1. What is a common characteristic of traditional poetry?
A) Complete disregard for rhyme
B) Unstructured free verse
C) Following specific forms and rules
D) Random line breaks
  • 2. What is a stanza?
A) The rhythm of a poem
B) The main topic of a poem
C) A group of lines forming a unit
D) A single line of poetry
  • 3. Which of these is a common type of meter?
A) Random syllable count
B) Iambic pentameter
C) Free verse
D) Abstract rhythm
  • 4. What is rhyme scheme?
A) The pattern of rhymes at the end of lines
B) The font used to write the poem
C) The number of stanzas in a poem
D) The length of the lines in a poem
  • 5. What is a sonnet?
A) A poem with no rhyme
B) A 14-line poem with a specific rhyme scheme
C) A short story in verse
D) A 5-line poem
  • 6. What is a haiku?
A) A four-line rhyming poem
B) A long narrative poem
C) A three-line poem with a 5-7-5 syllable structure
D) A poem with 10 syllables per line
  • 7. What is a limerick?
A) A five-line humorous poem with AABBA rhyme
B) A sad poem
C) A poem with no rhyme
D) A poem about nature
  • 8. What is alliteration?
A) Repetition of entire words
B) Repetition of vowel sounds
C) Repetition of consonant sounds
D) A type of metaphor
  • 9. What is assonance?
A) Repetition of consonant sounds
B) Rhyme at the beginning of lines
C) A sudden change in topic
D) Repetition of vowel sounds
  • 10. What is consonance?
A) Repetition of consonant sounds within words
B) The absence of consonant sounds
C) Using a different language
D) Repetition of vowel sounds at the end of words
  • 11. What is a ballad?
A) A narrative poem, often set to music
B) A short, happy poem
C) A poem with only one stanza
D) A poem about love
  • 12. What is a villanelle?
A) A poem with 10 lines
B) A 19-line poem with repeating lines and a specific rhyme scheme.
C) A poem with no structure
D) A poem written in French
  • 13. What is enjambment?
A) A full stop at the end of every line.
B) The continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line.
C) A rhyming scheme.
D) A type of metaphor.
  • 14. Which is NOT typically a component of traditional poetry?
A) Meter
B) Radical disregard for structure
C) Rhyme
D) Specific forms
  • 15. What is iambic pentameter?
A) A poem with five lines
B) A rhythm with seven syllables
C) A line of poetry with five iambs
D) A type of rhyme
  • 16. What is an iamb?
A) A stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable.
B) Two stressed syllables
C) Two unstressed syllables
D) An unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable.
  • 17. What is trochaic meter?
A) Only stressed syllables.
B) Only unstressed syllables.
C) A stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable.
D) An unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable.
  • 18. Which of the following rhyme schemes is used in a Shakespearean sonnet?
A) AABB CCDD EEFF
B) ABBA CDDC EFEF GG
C) ABAB CDCD EFEF GG
D) ABC ABC ABC ABC
  • 19. What is the volta in a sonnet?
A) The meter of the sonnet
B) The first line of the sonnet
C) The last two lines of the sonnet
D) The turn or shift in thought or emotion
  • 20. What is a couplet?
A) Three lines that rhyme
B) Two lines that rhyme
C) A poem with only one line
D) Four lines that rhyme
  • 21. Which of the following is MOST important when writing traditional poetry?
A) Expressing personal feelings without constraint
B) Understanding and applying the rules of the chosen form
C) Using as many metaphors as possible
D) Avoiding all forms of figurative language
  • 22. What is a quatrain?
A) A five-line poem
B) A six-line poem
C) A stanza of four lines
D) A poem of three lines
  • 23. What is a tercet?
A) A poem of four lines
B) A six-line poem
C) A stanza of three lines
D) A five-line poem
  • 24. What is a sestet?
A) A stanza of six lines
B) A stanza of seven lines
C) A stanza of four lines
D) A stanza of five lines
  • 25. What is the rhyme scheme for a Petrarchan (Italian) sonnet?
A) AABA BBCB CCDD EEFF
B) ABAB CDCD EFEF GG
C) AABB CCDD EEFF GG
D) ABBAABBA CDECDE or ABBAABBA CDCDCD
  • 26. What is the main difference between a Shakespearean and Petrarchan sonnet?
A) Use of metaphors
B) Length
C) Structure and rhyme scheme
D) Subject matter
  • 27. What is the typical subject matter of a traditional pastoral poem?
A) Interstellar travel
B) Urban decay
C) Idealized rural life
D) Modern technology
  • 28. What does 'feet' refer to in poetry?
A) The end of a line
B) Units of stressed and unstressed syllables
C) Rhyme
D) A type of shoe
  • 29. What is caesura?
A) A type of metaphor
B) The end of a poem
C) A pause within a line of poetry
D) A long sentence
  • 30. Why is scansion important in traditional poetry?
A) To avoid rhyme
B) To confuse the reader
C) To make the poem longer
D) To analyze and understand the poem's rhythm and meter
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