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. trochaic (trochee)

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2. elegy
2- lined stanza
Written to honor the dead
Unstressed unstressed stressed ??/ ('Anna's pets')
14 lines; iambic pentameter; varied rhyme schemes


3. quintet
5- lined stanza
7- lined stanza
Long narrative - details an epic hero's deeds
8 lines (octave) that state a proposition; 6 lines (sestet) that state the solution; iambic pentameter


4. tetrameter
4 feet
3 feet
5 feet
Stressed unstressed unstressed /?? (Duckie's tail)


5. Petrarchan Sonnet
6 feet
7- lined stanza
8 lines (octave) that state a proposition; 6 lines (sestet) that state the solution; iambic pentameter
Unit of rhythmic measurement; a combination of stressed / and unstressed ? syllables


6. trimeter
4 feet
7- lined stanza
5- lined stanza
3 feet


7. octave
Stressed stressed // ('pond day')
5- lined stanza
8- lined stanza
3 quatrains (3 x 4 line stanzas) and one couplet (2 line stanza); iambic pentameter; ababcdcdefefgg rhyme scheme


8. septameter
6- lined stanza
7 feet
Characters revealed through dialog - description - monologue
5 lines; anapestic; aabba rhyme scheme


9. pentameter
5 lines; anapestic; aabba rhyme scheme
2- lined stanza
5 feet
6 feet


10. octameter
1 foot
8 feet
4- lined stanza
2 feet


11. foot
6 feet
2- lined stanza
Stressed unstressed /? ('Ugly troll chair')
Unit of rhythmic measurement; a combination of stressed / and unstressed ? syllables


12. couplet
Stressed stressed // ('pond day')
2- lined stanza
4- lined stanza
Short; expresses personal feelings


13. Shakespearean Sonnet
6 feet
3- lined stanza
3 quatrains (3 x 4 line stanzas) and one couplet (2 line stanza); iambic pentameter; ababcdcdefefgg rhyme scheme
Written to honor the dead


14. monometer
1 foot
Unstressed stressed ?/ ('I am - I am - I am)
Stressed stressed // ('pond day')
7- lined stanza


15. Haiku
1 foot
8 feet
3- lined stanza
17 syllables - 3 lines: 5 syllables/7 syllables/5 syllables; depicts a clear picture - a distinct emotion; refers to nature; insightful


16. dactylic (dactyl)

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17. triplet or tercet
1 foot
5 lines; anapestic; aabba rhyme scheme
Long narrative - details an epic hero's deeds
3- lined stanza


18. quatrain
6- lined stanza
Long narrative - details an epic hero's deeds
4- lined stanza
Short; expresses personal feelings


19. anapestic (anapest)

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20. hexameter
Unit of rhythmic measurement; a combination of stressed / and unstressed ? syllables
Short; expresses personal feelings
Stressed unstressed /? ('Ugly troll chair')
6 feet


21. Epic

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22. iambic (iamb)

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23. septet
7- lined stanza
Written to honor the dead
3 feet
4- lined stanza


24. Ballad
8 feet
6 feet
8- lined stanza
Short narrative - usually anonymous - often sung


25. Limerick
2 feet
7- lined stanza
4 feet
5 lines; anapestic; aabba rhyme scheme


26. spondaic (spondee)

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27. Sonnet
2- lined stanza
Long narrative - details an epic hero's deeds
14 lines; iambic pentameter; varied rhyme schemes
2 feet


28. dimeter
17 syllables - 3 lines: 5 syllables/7 syllables/5 syllables; depicts a clear picture - a distinct emotion; refers to nature; insightful
2 feet
6 feet
Short; expresses personal feelings


29. Dramatic poetry
5 feet
Characters revealed through dialog - description - monologue
Long narrative - details an epic hero's deeds
Written to honor the dead


30. Lyric
Short; expresses personal feelings
Unstressed unstressed stressed ??/ ('Anna's pets')
8 feet
4- lined stanza


31. sestet
6- lined stanza
7- lined stanza
8 feet
4 feet