Fill-in Quiz: Rhythm and Meter
Short-answer questions on rhythm, meter, feet, and scansion.
ENGLISH 12AP: Literature and Composition
Quiz - Rhythm and Meter
Name
Date Per.
Mr. Reed
1.What term is defined as “regularized rhythm, language in which the accents are arranged to occur at apparently equal intervals of time”?
2.What is metrical language called?
3.What is nonmetrical language called?
4.What is the basic metrical unit, normally consisting of one accented syllable plus one or two unaccented syllables?
5.What is secondary unit of measurement in poetry?
6.What is the process of measuring verse called?
7.In English, what is the typical form of the most basic unit of meter (#4)? [It consists of one unstressed syllable followed by one stressed syllable.]
8.How many basic metrical units (#4) constitute monometer?
9.How many basic metrical units (#4) constitute pentameter?
10.How many basic metrical units (#4) constitute tetrameter?
BONUS:
A.What is the name of the basic unit of meter (#4) which consists of one stressed syllable followed by one unstressed syllable?
B.What is the name of the basic unit of meter (#4) which consists of two unstressed syllables followed by one stressed syllable?
C.What is the name of the basic unit of meter (#4) which consists of two stressed syllables followed by one unstressed syllable?