Rhythm/Meter
Imagery
Poetic Types
Rhyme
Poetry Jargon
100
What is the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a poem is called?
Rhythm.
100
A literary image is a representation of what?
Anything we can see, hear, touch, smell, or taste.
100
This is a traditional Japanese poem --- not a haiku.
Tanka
100
Give me a word that rhymes with "cat."
Various answers acceptable.
100
This is unit of meter (or metrical unit).
What is a foot.
200
What is a poet using when she uses a strict pattern of accented and unaccented syllables in each line of poetry?
Meter.
200
How can a poet create a vivid image?
By appealing to the reader's senses and the poet's feelings.
200
This poem is often a "square" shape.
Sonnet
200
What is a rhyme?
The repetition of vowel sounds, usually at the end of a word or line of poetry.
200
This is a 3 syllable word, such as "galloping."
What is a dactyl.
300
If there is a loose, but balanced, rhythm what is the poet using?
Free verse.
300
Poets construct images out of this.
Words.
300
The English sonnet became known as this after the Rennaissance.
Shakespearean sonnet.
300
True or false? Tankas must have a clear rhyme scheme.
False.
300
This is a two-syllable word with an accent on the first syllable, such as "disguise."
What is a trochee?
400
"Scanning" a poem means to do what?
Identifying the specific stressed and unstressed syllables.
400
Poets use imagery to tell us about this.
Their personal feelings.
400
How many lines and syllables are in a tanka?
5 lines. 31 syllables.
400
WHat is the rhyme scheme of a sonnet?
ABAB CDCD EFEF GG
400
This is a two-syllable word, with an accent of the second syllable, such as "excel."
What is an iamb?
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