CAVA Unit 1 ELA Review Semester 2

Which literary device is represented by the house references in "I dwell in Possibility?"

• symbol

• personification

• motif

• simile

What do the word Morning in the poem "Will there really be a 'Morning?'" and the word Possibility in the poem "I dwell in Possibility" have in common?

• they represent a far away place

• they represent something great

• they represent something to hold

• they represent the speaker

Read the passage:

Please to tell a little Pilgrim

What does the line reveal about the speaker?

• she is a holy person

• she is a poet

• she feels insignificant

• she is an educated person

How does meter function in a free verse poem?

• a free verse poem has no set meter

• a free verse poem has rhyme but no rhythm

• because a free verse poem is prose, meter has no function

• the poet adopts the rhythm of another poem for his own

In the poem "Will there really be a 'Morning?'" how does the capitalization of "Scholar," "Sailor," and "Wise Man" help to develop the speaker's need to understand the world around her?

• it is used to cite a specific person

• it is used to create a sense of awe

• it is used to add rhythm to the stanza

• it is used to emphasize their great knowledge

Read the passage:

Do not go gentle into that good night,

Old age should burn and rave at close of day;

Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Though wise men at their end know dark is right,

Because their words had forked no lightning they

Do not go gentle into that good night.

What is the effect of the extended metaphor in the passage?

• It sustains the image of old age.

• It sustains the comparison of night to day

• It sustains the comparison of death to night.

• It sustains the image of night.

Read the passage:

And on the pedestal, these words appear:

My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings;

Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!

Nothing beside remains. Round the decay...

How does the poet use irony in the passage?

• It is ironic that Ozymandias speaks

• It is ironic that Ozymandias is placed upon a pedestal

• It is ironic that the pedestal has strong words but the statue is in decay

• It is ironic that Ozymandias is asking his followers to "Look" on his "Works"

Which is the point of view in "The Raven," and what effect does it have on the reader's interpretation of the text?

• It is written in the first person so the reader only sees the raven as the speaker sees him.

• It is written in third person so the reader understands both the speaker and the raven.

• It is written in first person so the reader understands the raven's motivations.

• It is written in first and third person so the reader understands the speaker and hears the raven.

Read the sentence:

Since you are writing a poem, how will you use metaphors?

Identify the independent clause.

• Since you are writing a poem

• how will you

• writing a poem

• how will you use metaphors

Which is a characteristic of a sonnet?

• two stanzas

• broken line lengths

• no rhyme scheme

• iambic pentameter