11th Grade Final Test Review

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What is poetry?

• writing that uses rhyming words to catch your attention

• writing that uses patterns of sound, imagery and figurative language

• writing that has no techniques to set it apart

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A unified group of lines in poetry.

• Stanza

• Quatrain

• Septet

• Meter

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What is a rhyme?

• Words that match up at the end of a line

• Words that do not go together

• synonyms

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Rhyme scheme

• pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of a poem

• a plan to rhyme with words that don't sound alike

• A plot to overthrow the poetry council

• pattern of rhymes at the beginning of a sentence

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How to analyze the rhyme scheme of a poem?

• Look to the last sound in each line.

• Look to the first sound in each line.

• Look for the same word in each line.

• Look at your friend's answer.

Match

Match the following to its correct definition.

• four-line stanza of grouping of four lines of verse.

• two successive lines of poetry, often rhymed.

• a set or group of three lines of verse rhyming together or connected by rhyme.

• a poem or stanza, also known as quintain or quintet, composed of five lines.

Quatrain

Couplet

Tercet

Cinquain

• Quatrain

• Couplet

• Tercet

• Cinquain

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The beat and pace of a poem and is created by the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables.

• Free Verse

• Imagery

• Rhythm

• Ballad

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repeating the same beginning sound in more than two words

• alliteration

• rhyme

• onomatopoeia

• personification

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words that have the same ending sounds

• rhyme

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

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A comparison between two unlike things without using like, as, or than.

• metaphor

• simile

• symbol

• meter

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A comparison of two unlike things using like, as, or than.

• simile

• metaphor

• meter

• symbol

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repetition of vowel sounds followed by different consonants as in "blade" and "maze"

• assonance

• consonance

• meter

• rhyme

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seven snakes slithered silently

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• rhyme

• rhythm

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cat, bat, hat, sat

• rhyme

• alliteration

• personification

• metaphor

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My friend is a treasure.

• metaphor

• simile

• alliteration

• meter

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She was as quiet as a mouse.

• simile

• metaphor

• rhyme

• alliteration

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Establish an entire kingdom; a feat no one can easily accomplish.

• Alliteration

• Assonance

• simile

• metaphor

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The poem "Nothing Gold can Stay" has ____ lines so it is a/an _______...

Nature's first green is gold

Her hardest hue to hold.

Her early leaf's a flower;

But only so an hour.

Then leaf subsides to leaf.

So Eden sank to grief,

So dawn goes down to day.

Nothing gold can stay.

• 5, cinquain

• 6, sestet

• 7, septet

• 8, octave

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The rhyme scheme of the poem "Nothing Gold can Stay" is...

Nature's first green is gold

Her hardest hue to hold.

Her early leaf's a flower;

But only so an hour.

Then leaf subsides to leaf.

So Eden sank to grief,

So dawn goes down to day.

Nothing gold can stay.

• AABBCCDD

• AABBAABB

• ABCDABCD

• ABABABAB

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In the poem, the line that says "Her hardest hue to hold" is an example of...

• hyperbole

• similie

• metaphor

• alliteration

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The theme of the poem "Nothing Gold can Stay" is...

Nature's first green is gold

Her hardest hue to hold.

Her early leaf's a flower;

But only so an hour.

Then leaf subsides to leaf.

So Eden sank to grief,

So dawn goes down to day.

Nothing gold can stay.

• all precious things in life are fleeting

• time changes nothing

• change is exciting

• nature is colorful

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Organizes facts in a way that helps the audience learn about the subject 

• Poetry

• Autobiography

• Biography

• Informational Text

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The characters' words show their personalities, move the plot along, and reflect what people knew and thought about in those times 

• Historical Fiction

• Mystery

• Modern Fantasy

• Informational Text

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Setting takes place in modern times; a recognizable sort of place 

• Historical Fiction

• Science Fiction

• Realistic Fiction

• Folk Literature

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The main character is the writer 

• Poetry

• Biography

• Autobiography

• Informational Text

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Talks about a real person 

Shows that the writer knows a lot about this person 

• Poetry

• Biography

• Autobiography

• Informational Text

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The main characters are involved in a conflict or dilemma

that is realistic for that period 

• Historical Fiction

• Science Fiction

• Realistic Fiction

• Folk Literature

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Faced of the Dead by Suzanne Wren

When Marie Antoinette's daughter sneaks out of the palace to see the revolution for herself, she's swept into danger and forced to hide for her life.

• realistic fiction

• science fiction

• fantasy

• historical fiction

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Harry Houdini by Charles Ryan

A short, illustrated book about Harry Houdini, the great escape artist

• autobiography

• biography

• informational

• persuasive

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Kinda Like Brothers by Coe Booth

When Jarrett's mom takes in a new foster kid his same age, everyone expects them to be friends, but that's not gonna happen.

• realistic fiction

• historical fiction

• science fiction

• fantasy