Keystone Test Literature: Poetry and Drama Analysis

Question 1

Which literary device describes the repetition of initial consonant sounds in nearby words, as in 'Peter Piper picked a peck'?

Accepted Answer

Alliteration

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Assonance

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Onomatopoeia

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Consonance

Question 2

In poetry, what is a stanza?

Accepted Answer

A group of lines forming a unit in a poem, similar to a paragraph in prose

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A single line of poetry with a specific meter

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A type of rhyme that occurs in the middle of a line

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The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a poem

Question 3

What is a sonnet?

Accepted Answer

A 14-line poem typically written in iambic pentameter

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A poem that tells a story about a hero facing great obstacles

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A three-line poem following a 5-7-5 syllable pattern

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A poem with no specific meter or rhyme scheme

Question 4

What does 'meter' refer to in a poem?

Accepted Answer

The regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in lines of poetry

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The emotional feeling conveyed by the poem

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The repetition of vowel sounds within a poem

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The number of stanzas in a poem

Question 5

Which of the following best defines personification?

Accepted Answer

Giving human qualities or characteristics to non-human objects or ideas

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Comparing two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'

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Repeating the same word or phrase at the beginning of successive lines

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Using words that imitate the sounds they describe

Question 6

In a poem with an ABAB rhyme scheme, which lines rhyme with each other?

Accepted Answer

Lines 1 and 3 rhyme, and lines 2 and 4 rhyme

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Lines 1 and 2 rhyme, and lines 3 and 4 rhyme

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Only the first and last lines of the stanza rhyme

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All four lines rhyme with one another

Question 7

What is free verse poetry?

Accepted Answer

Poetry that does not follow a regular meter or rhyme scheme

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Poetry that strictly follows a traditional rhyme scheme

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Poetry that always contains exactly 14 lines

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Poetry that uses only single-syllable words