CSET Elements Of Poetry

Instructions:

• Answer 31 questions in 15 minutes.
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• Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.

1. Sonnet
14 lines; iambic pentameter; varied rhyme schemes
3- lined stanza
Stressed unstressed /? ('Ugly troll chair')
Stressed stressed // ('pond day')


2. septameter
Stressed stressed // ('pond day')
7 feet
8- lined stanza
Characters revealed through dialog - description - monologue


3. dactylic (dactyl)

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4. hexameter
Unstressed unstressed stressed ??/ ('Anna's pets')
2- lined stanza
6 feet
8- lined stanza


5. couplet
7 feet
2- lined stanza
5- lined stanza
Characters revealed through dialog - description - monologue


6. elegy
Characters revealed through dialog - description - monologue
8- lined stanza
Long narrative - details an epic hero's deeds
Written to honor the dead


7. pentameter
14 lines; iambic pentameter; varied rhyme schemes
Unit of rhythmic measurement; a combination of stressed / and unstressed ? syllables
5 feet
Short; expresses personal feelings


8. Haiku
3 feet
Stressed unstressed unstressed /?? (Duckie's tail)
17 syllables - 3 lines: 5 syllables/7 syllables/5 syllables; depicts a clear picture - a distinct emotion; refers to nature; insightful
6- lined stanza


9. trimeter
Unstressed unstressed stressed ??/ ('Anna's pets')
6 feet
3 feet
Stressed unstressed unstressed /?? (Duckie's tail)


10. Lyric
3- lined stanza
6- lined stanza
Short; expresses personal feelings
Unstressed unstressed stressed ??/ ('Anna's pets')


11. Dramatic poetry
3 feet
7- lined stanza
5 lines; anapestic; aabba rhyme scheme
Characters revealed through dialog - description - monologue


12. Petrarchan Sonnet
3- lined stanza
2- lined stanza
8 lines (octave) that state a proposition; 6 lines (sestet) that state the solution; iambic pentameter
Written to honor the dead


13. monometer
1 foot
2 feet
Short; expresses personal feelings
Characters revealed through dialog - description - monologue


14. sestet
Short narrative - usually anonymous - often sung
6- lined stanza
5 lines; anapestic; aabba rhyme scheme
Stressed unstressed unstressed /?? (Duckie's tail)


15. spondaic (spondee)

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16. octave
3 feet
Unit of rhythmic measurement; a combination of stressed / and unstressed ? syllables
8- lined stanza
Written to honor the dead


17. trochaic (trochee)

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18. quintet
17 syllables - 3 lines: 5 syllables/7 syllables/5 syllables; depicts a clear picture - a distinct emotion; refers to nature; insightful
5- lined stanza
6- lined stanza
Short narrative - usually anonymous - often sung


19. Shakespearean Sonnet
3 quatrains (3 x 4 line stanzas) and one couplet (2 line stanza); iambic pentameter; ababcdcdefefgg rhyme scheme
8- lined stanza
6- lined stanza
2 feet


20. iambic (iamb)

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21. dimeter
14 lines; iambic pentameter; varied rhyme schemes
6 feet
Characters revealed through dialog - description - monologue
2 feet


22. Ballad
Written to honor the dead
Short narrative - usually anonymous - often sung
7 feet
Unstressed unstressed stressed ??/ ('Anna's pets')


23. Epic

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24. Limerick
6 feet
5 lines; anapestic; aabba rhyme scheme
1 foot
4- lined stanza


25. octameter
Unit of rhythmic measurement; a combination of stressed / and unstressed ? syllables
8 feet
Long narrative - details an epic hero's deeds
Written to honor the dead


26. septet
6- lined stanza
2- lined stanza
Short; expresses personal feelings
7- lined stanza


27. quatrain
1 foot
2- lined stanza
2 feet
4- lined stanza


28. triplet or tercet
3- lined stanza
1 foot
3 feet
5 feet


29. foot
8 feet
3 quatrains (3 x 4 line stanzas) and one couplet (2 line stanza); iambic pentameter; ababcdcdefefgg rhyme scheme
6 feet
Unit of rhythmic measurement; a combination of stressed / and unstressed ? syllables


30. anapestic (anapest)

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31. tetrameter
Written to honor the dead
4 feet
Short narrative - usually anonymous - often sung
7 feet