134 exam-style questions on How literary texts create meaning: literary devices, form, structure — topic AE1.2 of Readers, writers and texts in the IB English A: Literature syllabus — with answers and explanations. Samples below; the full set is free with an account.
Which metrical foot consists of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed one (da-DUM)?
Answer: Iamb
The iamb (unstressed-stressed) is the most common foot in English verse; 'begin' and 'about' are iambic words.
A trochee is a metrical foot with the stress pattern:
Answer: Stressed-unstressed (DUM-da)
A trochee falls from stress to non-stress, as in 'garden' or 'happy'; it gives a falling, insistent rhythm.
An anapaest is a foot made of:
Answer: Two unstressed syllables followed by a stressed one (da-da-DUM)
The anapaest (da-da-DUM) creates a galloping momentum, heard in 'in the night' or Byron's 'The Assyrian came down'.
A line of poetry containing four metrical feet is called:
Answer: Tetrameter
Tetrameter = four feet per line; the prefix 'tetra-' means four.
A line whose grammar and sense conclude neatly at its end, usually with punctuation, is described as:
Answer: End-stopped
An end-stopped line completes its unit of meaning at the line break, the opposite of enjambment which runs on.
The repetition of vowel sounds in nearby words, as in 'host' and 'golden', is called:
Answer: Assonance
Assonance repeats internal vowel sounds; consonance repeats consonant sounds instead.
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