ABCTE ELA Exam with Accurate
solutions
Paragraph - correct answer-A group of connected sentences covering one main topic in
a work of prose (such as novels)
Stanza - correct answer-A group of verses covering one main topic in a work of poetry
Couplets - correct answer-two lines of verse, usually in the same meter and joined by
rhyme, that form a unit.
Dialogue - correct answer-Conversation between characters, typically in a play
Monologue or Soliloquy - correct answer-Large sections of dialogue spoken by one
character or actor
Aside (n) - correct answer-a line spoken by a character that other characters on stage
cannot hear.
Characters - correct answer-People in the story
Plot - correct answer-Action of the story
Climax - correct answer-Most exciting moment of the story; turning point
denouement - correct answer-Resolution following the climax
Chapters - correct answer-Sections dividing novels
Acts - correct answer-Sections dividing plays
Meter (in poetry) - correct answer-The number of beats or stressed syllables per verse
Dimeter (n) - correct answer-2 beats or stressed syllables per verse
Trimeter - correct answer-3 beats or stressed syllables per verse
Tetrameter - correct answer-4 beats or stressed syllables per verse
Pentameter - correct answer-5 beats or stressed syllables per verse
, iambic meter/foot - correct answer-unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable
spondaic foot - correct answer-two stressed syllables
dactylic foot - correct answer-/uu
anapestic foot - correct answer-uu/
trochaic foot - correct answer-a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable
Rhyme Schemes - correct answer-the pattern of rhymes in a poem (ABAB, ABCA, etc.)
free verse - correct answer-poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular meter
blank verse - correct answer-unrhymed iambic pentameter
epic poems - correct answer-a long poem that tells the deeds of a great hero
Epistolary Poems - correct answer-Poems that are written & read as letters
Ballad - correct answer-a type of poem that is meant to be sung and is both lyric and
narrative in nature; often subjects are love, death & religious topics
Elegies - correct answer-Poems of loss that include lament, praise of the deceased &
solace for loss
Odes - correct answer-Poems that express strong emotions about life
pastoral poetry - correct answer-poetry that depicts rustic life in idealized terms
epigram - correct answer-memorable, one-or-two line rhymes
Limericks - correct answer-humorous 5-line poems with a specific rhythm pattern and
rhyme scheme (2 lines of iambic dimeter, 2 lines of iambic dimeter, followed by 1 of
iambic trimeter)
Haiku - correct answer-A japanese form of poetry, consisting of three unrhymed lines of
five, seven, and five syllables
Sonnet - correct answer-14 lines of iambic pentameter
Petrarchan sonnet - correct answer-poem that has one rhyming octave (8 lines) and
one rhyming sestet (6 lines)
English Sonnet (Shakespearean) - correct answer-Rhyme scheme is less flexible (3
quatrains & a couplet or "abab cdcd efef gg"
solutions
Paragraph - correct answer-A group of connected sentences covering one main topic in
a work of prose (such as novels)
Stanza - correct answer-A group of verses covering one main topic in a work of poetry
Couplets - correct answer-two lines of verse, usually in the same meter and joined by
rhyme, that form a unit.
Dialogue - correct answer-Conversation between characters, typically in a play
Monologue or Soliloquy - correct answer-Large sections of dialogue spoken by one
character or actor
Aside (n) - correct answer-a line spoken by a character that other characters on stage
cannot hear.
Characters - correct answer-People in the story
Plot - correct answer-Action of the story
Climax - correct answer-Most exciting moment of the story; turning point
denouement - correct answer-Resolution following the climax
Chapters - correct answer-Sections dividing novels
Acts - correct answer-Sections dividing plays
Meter (in poetry) - correct answer-The number of beats or stressed syllables per verse
Dimeter (n) - correct answer-2 beats or stressed syllables per verse
Trimeter - correct answer-3 beats or stressed syllables per verse
Tetrameter - correct answer-4 beats or stressed syllables per verse
Pentameter - correct answer-5 beats or stressed syllables per verse
, iambic meter/foot - correct answer-unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable
spondaic foot - correct answer-two stressed syllables
dactylic foot - correct answer-/uu
anapestic foot - correct answer-uu/
trochaic foot - correct answer-a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable
Rhyme Schemes - correct answer-the pattern of rhymes in a poem (ABAB, ABCA, etc.)
free verse - correct answer-poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular meter
blank verse - correct answer-unrhymed iambic pentameter
epic poems - correct answer-a long poem that tells the deeds of a great hero
Epistolary Poems - correct answer-Poems that are written & read as letters
Ballad - correct answer-a type of poem that is meant to be sung and is both lyric and
narrative in nature; often subjects are love, death & religious topics
Elegies - correct answer-Poems of loss that include lament, praise of the deceased &
solace for loss
Odes - correct answer-Poems that express strong emotions about life
pastoral poetry - correct answer-poetry that depicts rustic life in idealized terms
epigram - correct answer-memorable, one-or-two line rhymes
Limericks - correct answer-humorous 5-line poems with a specific rhythm pattern and
rhyme scheme (2 lines of iambic dimeter, 2 lines of iambic dimeter, followed by 1 of
iambic trimeter)
Haiku - correct answer-A japanese form of poetry, consisting of three unrhymed lines of
five, seven, and five syllables
Sonnet - correct answer-14 lines of iambic pentameter
Petrarchan sonnet - correct answer-poem that has one rhyming octave (8 lines) and
one rhyming sestet (6 lines)
English Sonnet (Shakespearean) - correct answer-Rhyme scheme is less flexible (3
quatrains & a couplet or "abab cdcd efef gg"
