1)The line, "It felt hot in the high desert," employs which literary device?
-symbolism
-alliteration
-assonance
-meter
2)These lines from the W. B. Yeats Poem, "Lines Written in Dejection," are an example of eye rhyme.
When have I last looked on
The round green eyes and the long wavering bodies
Of the dark leopards of the moon?
All the wild witches, those most noble ladies
-True
-False
3)Read the following poem by Walt Whitman and then answer the question below.
“I Hear America Singing"
I HEAR America singing, the varied carols I hear;
Those of mechanics--each one singing his, as it should be, blithe and strong;
The carpenter singing his, as he measures his plank or beam,
The mason singing his, as he makes ready for work, or leaves off work;
The boatman singing what belongs to him in his boat--the deckhand singing on the
steamboat deck;
The shoemaker singing as he sits on his bench--the hatter singing as he stands;
The wood-cutter's song--the ploughboy's, on his way in the morning, or at the noon
Intermission, or at sundown,
The delicious singing of the mother--or of the young wife at work--or of the girl sewing or
Washing--Each singing what belongs to her and to none else,
The day what belongs to the day--At night the party of young fellows, robust, friendly,
Singing, with open mouths, their strong melodious songs.
What poetic element is used in the last line of Whitman’s poem?
-hyperbole
-understatement
-internal rhyme
-alliteration
4)The lines, "The very thought of you/and I forget to do..." is an example of which type of rhyme?
-slant
-end
-internal
-end
5)Read the poem by Emily Dickinson and answer the questions.
A little Madness in the Spring
by Emily Dickinson
A little Madness in the Spring
Is wholesome even for the King,
But God be with the Clown--
Who ponders this tremendous scene--
This whole Experiment of Green--
As if it were his own!
The poem exemplifies which type of rhyme?
-end
-slant
-eye
-meter
6)Read the poem by Emily Dickinson and answer the questions.
A little Madness in the Spring
by Emily Dickinson
A little Madness in the Spring
Is wholesome even for the King,
But God be with the Clown--
Who ponders this tremendous scene--
This whole Experiment of Green--
As if it were his own!
In the line, "But God be with the Clown--" the "Clown" is__________.
-a crazy person
-a gardener
-a foolish person
-a king
7)Read the following excerpt from Ralph Waldo Emerson and answer the question below:
Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string. Accept the place the divine providence has found for you, the society of your contemporaries, the connection of events. Great men have always done so, and confided themselves childlike to the genius of their age, betraying their perception that the absolutely trustworthy was seated at their heart, working through their hands, predominating in all their being. And we are now men, and must accept in the highest mind the same transcendent destiny; and not minors and invalids in a protected corner, not cowards fleeing before a revolution, but guides, redeemers, and benefactors, obeying the Almighty effort, and advancing on Chaos and the Dark.
The words and phrases Emerson has selected in the excerpt help serve his purpose of _____.
-giving serious advice
-poking fun at human nature
-criticizing individualism
-complementing society
-symbolism
-alliteration
-assonance
-meter
2)These lines from the W. B. Yeats Poem, "Lines Written in Dejection," are an example of eye rhyme.
When have I last looked on
The round green eyes and the long wavering bodies
Of the dark leopards of the moon?
All the wild witches, those most noble ladies
-True
-False
3)Read the following poem by Walt Whitman and then answer the question below.
“I Hear America Singing"
I HEAR America singing, the varied carols I hear;
Those of mechanics--each one singing his, as it should be, blithe and strong;
The carpenter singing his, as he measures his plank or beam,
The mason singing his, as he makes ready for work, or leaves off work;
The boatman singing what belongs to him in his boat--the deckhand singing on the
steamboat deck;
The shoemaker singing as he sits on his bench--the hatter singing as he stands;
The wood-cutter's song--the ploughboy's, on his way in the morning, or at the noon
Intermission, or at sundown,
The delicious singing of the mother--or of the young wife at work--or of the girl sewing or
Washing--Each singing what belongs to her and to none else,
The day what belongs to the day--At night the party of young fellows, robust, friendly,
Singing, with open mouths, their strong melodious songs.
What poetic element is used in the last line of Whitman’s poem?
-hyperbole
-understatement
-internal rhyme
-alliteration
4)The lines, "The very thought of you/and I forget to do..." is an example of which type of rhyme?
-slant
-end
-internal
-end
5)Read the poem by Emily Dickinson and answer the questions.
A little Madness in the Spring
by Emily Dickinson
A little Madness in the Spring
Is wholesome even for the King,
But God be with the Clown--
Who ponders this tremendous scene--
This whole Experiment of Green--
As if it were his own!
The poem exemplifies which type of rhyme?
-end
-slant
-eye
-meter
6)Read the poem by Emily Dickinson and answer the questions.
A little Madness in the Spring
by Emily Dickinson
A little Madness in the Spring
Is wholesome even for the King,
But God be with the Clown--
Who ponders this tremendous scene--
This whole Experiment of Green--
As if it were his own!
In the line, "But God be with the Clown--" the "Clown" is__________.
-a crazy person
-a gardener
-a foolish person
-a king
7)Read the following excerpt from Ralph Waldo Emerson and answer the question below:
Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string. Accept the place the divine providence has found for you, the society of your contemporaries, the connection of events. Great men have always done so, and confided themselves childlike to the genius of their age, betraying their perception that the absolutely trustworthy was seated at their heart, working through their hands, predominating in all their being. And we are now men, and must accept in the highest mind the same transcendent destiny; and not minors and invalids in a protected corner, not cowards fleeing before a revolution, but guides, redeemers, and benefactors, obeying the Almighty effort, and advancing on Chaos and the Dark.
The words and phrases Emerson has selected in the excerpt help serve his purpose of _____.
-giving serious advice
-poking fun at human nature
-criticizing individualism
-complementing society