Forms of Poetry and Performance

Question 1

Which of the following statements correctly describes two different forms of poetry and a feature of each?

Accepted Answer

Narrative poetry tells a story, and free verse does not have a regular rhyme scheme.

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Limerick always has ten lines, and acrostic poetry never uses the first letters of each line.

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Ballad never uses repetition, and sonnet always has no set number of lines.

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Haiku tells a story, and free verse always has a regular rhyme scheme.

Question 2

Which of the following pairs correctly matches a form of poetry with one of its features?

Accepted Answer

Narrative poetry – tells a story

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Free verse – always has a regular rhyme scheme

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Haiku – tells a story in many lines

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Limerick – does not have a regular rhyme scheme

Question 3

Mia is writing a short description that mentions two different kinds of poems and gives one fact about each kind. Which of the following sentences is completely correct?

Accepted Answer

Narrative poem – a poem that tells a story; Haiku – a poem with three lines, the first line 5 syllables, the second 7, the third 5.

Answer

Haiku – a poem that always has four lines; Free verse – a poem that never rhymes.

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Acrostic – a poem that has a rhyme at the end of each line; Narrative poem – a poem with no characters.

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Limerick – a poem that tells a story; Free verse – a poem that follows a strict beat pattern.

Try three questions

Which of the following statements correctly describes two different forms of poetry and a feature of each?

Which of the following pairs correctly matches a form of poetry with one of its features?

Mia is writing a short description that mentions two different kinds of poems and gives one fact about each kind. Which of the following sentences is completely correct?

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