STRAYER UNIVERSITY ENG 090 QUIZ KEY
CONCEPTS AND GRAMMAR GUIDE 2026
◉ End rhyme. Answer: Occurs at the ends of lines
◉ Enjambment. Answer: The continuation of the same and
grammatical structure from one line of poetry to the next
◉ End stopped. Answer: A line with a pause at the end. The line of
poetry ends with some type of puntuation.
◉ Epic. Answer: A long narrative poem that is written in heightened
language and tells stories of the deeds of a heroic character who
embodies the values of a society
◉ Euphony. Answer: Pleasing or agreeable sounds
◉ Form. Answer: The structure and organization of a poem
◉ Free Verse. Answer: Poetry without a regular meter or rhyme
scheme. These poems may use internal rhyme, repetition,
alliteration, onomatopoeia
, ◉ Imagery. Answer: Words that appeal to the senses and create
mental images
◉ Internal rhyme. Answer: Rhyme that occurs within a single line
◉ Inversion. Answer: reversal of normal word order in a sentence
Ex. Open here I flung the shutter
◉ Lyric Poem. Answer: Poetry that expresses the feeling or thoughts
of a speaker rather than telling a story. These peoms are usually
short and imply, as opposed to stating, a strong emotion or idea.
◉ Metaphor. Answer: Compares two things without using "Like" or
"As"
ex. He is a bulldog
◉ Meter. Answer: A measured rhythmic pattern
◉ Mood. Answer: Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for a
reader
◉ Narrative Poetry. Answer: A poem that gives a description of
actual or fictional events
CONCEPTS AND GRAMMAR GUIDE 2026
◉ End rhyme. Answer: Occurs at the ends of lines
◉ Enjambment. Answer: The continuation of the same and
grammatical structure from one line of poetry to the next
◉ End stopped. Answer: A line with a pause at the end. The line of
poetry ends with some type of puntuation.
◉ Epic. Answer: A long narrative poem that is written in heightened
language and tells stories of the deeds of a heroic character who
embodies the values of a society
◉ Euphony. Answer: Pleasing or agreeable sounds
◉ Form. Answer: The structure and organization of a poem
◉ Free Verse. Answer: Poetry without a regular meter or rhyme
scheme. These poems may use internal rhyme, repetition,
alliteration, onomatopoeia
, ◉ Imagery. Answer: Words that appeal to the senses and create
mental images
◉ Internal rhyme. Answer: Rhyme that occurs within a single line
◉ Inversion. Answer: reversal of normal word order in a sentence
Ex. Open here I flung the shutter
◉ Lyric Poem. Answer: Poetry that expresses the feeling or thoughts
of a speaker rather than telling a story. These peoms are usually
short and imply, as opposed to stating, a strong emotion or idea.
◉ Metaphor. Answer: Compares two things without using "Like" or
"As"
ex. He is a bulldog
◉ Meter. Answer: A measured rhythmic pattern
◉ Mood. Answer: Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for a
reader
◉ Narrative Poetry. Answer: A poem that gives a description of
actual or fictional events
