Poetry - Cunard - South High - 4th Quarter

According to the speaker in the poem, "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost, what "has made all the difference" (line 20)?

• He or she took the first of the two roads.

• He or she took the road less traveled by.

• He or she took the road that bent in the undergrowth.

What is the theme of the poem, "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost,?

• giving up hope

• making a choice

• enjoying the present moment

What do the following lines from "The Road Not Taken" mean?

The poet writes, "And sorry I could not travel both / And be one traveler, long I stood" ?

• The speaker thinks both paths are equally good.

• The speaker is only one person and cannot go down two roads at the same time.

• The speaker would rather travel with someone, so they could each explore a path.

• The speaker regrets not taking the other road at the start.

In Maya Angelou's poem, "Caged Bird" the free bird demonstrates freedom and power when it

• stalks down its narrow cage

• sings with a fearful trill

• shouts on a nightmare scream

• claims the sky

In Maya Angelou's poem, "Caged Bird", the caged bird represents

• an animal who is locked up

• the hope of the future

• the loss of freedom and choice

• ignorance

In Emily Dickinson's poem, "Hope is a Thing with Feathers", what does the poet describe as the thing with feathers?

• life

• hope

• song

• soul

In Emily Dickinson's poem, "Hope is a Thing with Feathers", what is the theme of the poem?

• People need to work hard in order to maintain hope at all times.

• Hope is able to keep people warm even in the coldest, stormiest lands.

• Hope can survive through even the toughest times.

• Without hope, people would be much more sensible and realistic.

In Emily Dickinson's poem, "Hope is a Thing with Feathers", the poet uses lines 11 and 12, "Yet, never, in extremity,

It asked a crumb of me," to show that ___________________________________.

• hope does not require anything from you to have it

• hope is hungry and wants crumbs

• hope is not hungry and does not want crumbs

• hope is messy and leaves crumbs everywhere

A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing to another using "like" or "as"

• simile
• metaphor
• extended metaphor
• symbolism

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CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Human qualities given to animals, objects or ideas

• simile
• personification
• hyperbole
• alliteration 

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CCSS.L.6.5A