Grade 7 Poetry Test

Song

All suddenly the wind comes soft,

And Spring is here again;

And the hawthorn quickens with buds of green,

And my heart with buds of pain.

My heart all Winter lay so numb

The earth is dead and frore,

That I never thought the Spring would come,

Or my heart wake any more.

But Winter's broken and earth has woken,

And the small birds cry again;

And the hawthorn hedge puts forth its buds,

And my heart puts forth its pain.

What can be inferred from line 5?

• The speaker's heart is cheerful.

• The speaker's heart is afraid.

• The speaker's heart is paralyzed.

• The speaker's heart is extremely warm.

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.5

Song

All suddenly the wind comes soft,

And Spring is here again;

And the hawthorn quickens with buds of green,

And my heart with buds of pain.

My heart all Winter lay so numb

The earth is dead and frore,

That I never thought the Spring would come,

Or my heart wake any more.

But Winter's broken and earth has woken,

And the small birds cry again;

And the hawthorn hedge puts forth its buds,

And my heart puts forth its pain.

In the second stanza, how does the poet's choice of words impact the meaning of the poem?

• The words tell the differences between the types of birds.

• The words describe how cold it gets when seasons change.

• The words explain how the speaker views all of the seasons.

• The words emphasize the despair the speaker feels.

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

Bay, say, day, delay is an example of what? 

• Rhyme
• Rhythm
• Song
• Mood

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

Rhythm:

• Uses lots of alliteration
• is created by stressed and Unstressed syllables
• Comes from rhyme
• Sounds crispy when you read

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

How you feel when reading a poem is the…?

• Moon
• Tone
• Sound
• Mood

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

The rough cookie - the color of dirt - smelled of my mother's house and melted with delight in my mouth,” is an example of what?

• haiku
• iamb
• imagery
• meter

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What is the repetition of sounds at the beginning of nearby words?

• Idiom
• Alliteration
• Metaphor
• Rhyme

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

I woke up on the wrong side of the bed. This is an example of:

• Imagery
• Rhythm
• Idiom
• Allusion

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Boom! Pow! Wham!
What are these examples of?

• Juxtaposition
• Free Verse 
• Haiku
• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

The Daisy danced in the wind.
What is this an example of?

• Pun
• Simile
• Personification
• Form

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3