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CSET Elements Of Poetry
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cset
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literature
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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. triplet or tercet
3- lined stanza
Unit of rhythmic measurement; a combination of stressed / and unstressed ? syllables
8 lines (octave) that state a proposition; 6 lines (sestet) that state the solution; iambic pentameter
Written to honor the dead
2. Lyric
Long narrative - details an epic hero's deeds
2 feet
Short; expresses personal feelings
Unit of rhythmic measurement; a combination of stressed / and unstressed ? syllables
3. Limerick
5 lines; anapestic; aabba rhyme scheme
3- lined stanza
Stressed unstressed /? ('Ugly troll chair')
14 lines; iambic pentameter; varied rhyme schemes
4. dactylic (dactyl)
5. Sonnet
3 feet
4- lined stanza
14 lines; iambic pentameter; varied rhyme schemes
Short narrative - usually anonymous - often sung
6. Shakespearean Sonnet
3 quatrains (3 x 4 line stanzas) and one couplet (2 line stanza); iambic pentameter; ababcdcdefefgg rhyme scheme
Stressed unstressed unstressed /?? (Duckie's tail)
3- lined stanza
Short narrative - usually anonymous - often sung
7. monometer
1 foot
14 lines; iambic pentameter; varied rhyme schemes
6- lined stanza
5- lined stanza
8. Ballad
8 feet
Short narrative - usually anonymous - often sung
Unit of rhythmic measurement; a combination of stressed / and unstressed ? syllables
Unstressed unstressed stressed ??/ ('Anna's pets')
9. octameter
2- lined stanza
Written to honor the dead
6 feet
8 feet
10. anapestic (anapest)
11. iambic (iamb)
12. couplet
Short narrative - usually anonymous - often sung
Short; expresses personal feelings
8 lines (octave) that state a proposition; 6 lines (sestet) that state the solution; iambic pentameter
2- lined stanza
13. Dramatic poetry
Characters revealed through dialog - description - monologue
2- lined stanza
5 feet
Stressed stressed // ('pond day')
14. trimeter
3 feet
2- lined stanza
3 quatrains (3 x 4 line stanzas) and one couplet (2 line stanza); iambic pentameter; ababcdcdefefgg rhyme scheme
5 feet
15. dimeter
2- lined stanza
4 feet
2 feet
Stressed unstressed unstressed /?? (Duckie's tail)
16. quintet
5- lined stanza
8- lined stanza
2- lined stanza
5 lines; anapestic; aabba rhyme scheme
17. trochaic (trochee)
18. hexameter
8- lined stanza
Unstressed unstressed stressed ??/ ('Anna's pets')
6 feet
Stressed unstressed unstressed /?? (Duckie's tail)
19. septet
Short narrative - usually anonymous - often sung
3- lined stanza
Stressed stressed // ('pond day')
7- lined stanza
20. Epic
21. Haiku
Short; expresses personal feelings
6 feet
Short narrative - usually anonymous - often sung
17 syllables - 3 lines: 5 syllables/7 syllables/5 syllables; depicts a clear picture - a distinct emotion; refers to nature; insightful
22. Petrarchan Sonnet
8 lines (octave) that state a proposition; 6 lines (sestet) that state the solution; iambic pentameter
17 syllables - 3 lines: 5 syllables/7 syllables/5 syllables; depicts a clear picture - a distinct emotion; refers to nature; insightful
Written to honor the dead
5 lines; anapestic; aabba rhyme scheme
23. pentameter
3 quatrains (3 x 4 line stanzas) and one couplet (2 line stanza); iambic pentameter; ababcdcdefefgg rhyme scheme
Characters revealed through dialog - description - monologue
8- lined stanza
5 feet
24. quatrain
7- lined stanza
4- lined stanza
8- lined stanza
Unstressed unstressed stressed ??/ ('Anna's pets')
25. sestet
8 lines (octave) that state a proposition; 6 lines (sestet) that state the solution; iambic pentameter
3 quatrains (3 x 4 line stanzas) and one couplet (2 line stanza); iambic pentameter; ababcdcdefefgg rhyme scheme
6- lined stanza
Unstressed stressed ?/ ('I am - I am - I am)
26. elegy
Long narrative - details an epic hero's deeds
4 feet
Written to honor the dead
8 feet
27. foot
Written to honor the dead
Long narrative - details an epic hero's deeds
Stressed unstressed unstressed /?? (Duckie's tail)
Unit of rhythmic measurement; a combination of stressed / and unstressed ? syllables
28. septameter
1 foot
Stressed unstressed unstressed /?? (Duckie's tail)
7 feet
8 feet
29. tetrameter
4 feet
Short narrative - usually anonymous - often sung
Stressed unstressed unstressed /?? (Duckie's tail)
7- lined stanza
30. octave
3 feet
2- lined stanza
8- lined stanza
Written to honor the dead
31. spondaic (spondee)