NES/ORELA ELA (301) Exam questions n
answers graded A+
Verses - correct answer ✔✔a single line of stressed and unstressed syllables
Stanzas - correct answer ✔✔groups of verses arranged rhythmically
Couplet - correct answer ✔✔two-line stanza
Triplet - correct answer ✔✔three-line stanza
Quatrain - correct answer ✔✔4-line stanza
Sonnet - correct answer ✔✔14 line stanza. can be a single poem or a large poem w/ many sonnets,
poem about love typically
"Sonetto" - little song in Italian
Feet - correct answer ✔✔a basic unit of measurement in poetry. often follows stress and emphasis on
patterns
Iambs - correct answer ✔✔one unstressed syllable followed by a stressed one. common in English
poetry U/
Scansion - correct answer ✔✔analyzing a poem for its rhythm and meter
Trochee - correct answer ✔✔stressed syllable followed by unstressed /U
Anapest - correct answer ✔✔2 unstressed followed by stressed UU/
, Dactyl - correct answer ✔✔1 stressed followed by 2 unstressed /UU
Spondee - correct answer ✔✔2 stressed //
Alliteration - correct answer ✔✔when 2 or more words begin with similar sounding syllables
Analogy - correct answer ✔✔When 1 thing is compared to another
Apostrophe - correct answer ✔✔Addressing a gone, dead, or inhuman thing
Hyperbole - correct answer ✔✔over-exaggerating something for dramatic effect
Irony - correct answer ✔✔verbal and dramatic irony
Onomatopoeia - correct answer ✔✔when words are used to convey a certain sound
Pathetic fallacy - correct answer ✔✔when a narrator believes the world is mimicking his internal state
Synecdoche - correct answer ✔✔using part of something to refer to a whole
Bucolic/pastoral - correct answer ✔✔middle ages, lots of sheep in this type of poetry
Doggerel - correct answer ✔✔light, humorous, like South Park in stanzas
Elegy - correct answer ✔✔dedicated to something past
Epic - correct answer ✔✔Beowulf; long poem
answers graded A+
Verses - correct answer ✔✔a single line of stressed and unstressed syllables
Stanzas - correct answer ✔✔groups of verses arranged rhythmically
Couplet - correct answer ✔✔two-line stanza
Triplet - correct answer ✔✔three-line stanza
Quatrain - correct answer ✔✔4-line stanza
Sonnet - correct answer ✔✔14 line stanza. can be a single poem or a large poem w/ many sonnets,
poem about love typically
"Sonetto" - little song in Italian
Feet - correct answer ✔✔a basic unit of measurement in poetry. often follows stress and emphasis on
patterns
Iambs - correct answer ✔✔one unstressed syllable followed by a stressed one. common in English
poetry U/
Scansion - correct answer ✔✔analyzing a poem for its rhythm and meter
Trochee - correct answer ✔✔stressed syllable followed by unstressed /U
Anapest - correct answer ✔✔2 unstressed followed by stressed UU/
, Dactyl - correct answer ✔✔1 stressed followed by 2 unstressed /UU
Spondee - correct answer ✔✔2 stressed //
Alliteration - correct answer ✔✔when 2 or more words begin with similar sounding syllables
Analogy - correct answer ✔✔When 1 thing is compared to another
Apostrophe - correct answer ✔✔Addressing a gone, dead, or inhuman thing
Hyperbole - correct answer ✔✔over-exaggerating something for dramatic effect
Irony - correct answer ✔✔verbal and dramatic irony
Onomatopoeia - correct answer ✔✔when words are used to convey a certain sound
Pathetic fallacy - correct answer ✔✔when a narrator believes the world is mimicking his internal state
Synecdoche - correct answer ✔✔using part of something to refer to a whole
Bucolic/pastoral - correct answer ✔✔middle ages, lots of sheep in this type of poetry
Doggerel - correct answer ✔✔light, humorous, like South Park in stanzas
Elegy - correct answer ✔✔dedicated to something past
Epic - correct answer ✔✔Beowulf; long poem
