Anne Bradstreet: Upon the Burning of our House.

Anne Bradstreet: Upon the Burning of our House.

10th - 11th Grade

10 Qs

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Anne Bradstreet: Upon the Burning of our House.

Anne Bradstreet: Upon the Burning of our House.

Assessment

Quiz

English

10th - 11th Grade

Medium

CCSS
RL.8.3, RL.11-12.8, RL.11-12.3

+8

Standards-aligned

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10 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Compares two unlike things without "as" or "like"

Metaphor

Extended metaphor

Hyperbole

Inverted syntax

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Compares two things at length and in many ways

Metaphor

Inverted Syntax

Extended Metaphor

Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Reference to a person, place or event in the Christian Bible

Biblical Illusion

Biblical Allusions

Biblical Parable

King James Bible

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

When by the ruins of I past My sorrowing eyes aside did cast,And here and there the places spy Where oft I say and long did lie:


These words reveal a deep conflict between ____

Puritan beliefs and the Word of God

human nature and human conscience

Puritan beliefs and human nature

Puritan beliefs and personal beliefs

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why does Bradstreet chide or scold her heart?

She was not focusing on God.

She had longing for earthly materials she had lost.

She missed events that occurred in the house.

All of the above

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What the speaker regrets most is that she will not see her children grow up in that house.

True

False

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Bradstreet's poem is an example of Puritan Plain Style. What are the characteristics of Puritan Plain Style?

complex sentences

ordinary words are used to make simple, direct statements

embellished and ornate words.

lots of figurative language

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