Poetry Basics Quiz

... Jazz June is an example of :

• a metaphor

• consonance

• couplet

Man and boy stood cheering by,

And home we brought you shoulder-high.

is an example of :

• a metaphor

• consonance

• couplet

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

My heart is like a rainbow shell

is an example of :

• a simile

• consonance

• couplet

In the air, now both feet down.

Since you black, don't stick around.

Food is gone, the rent is due,

Curse and cry and then jump two.

These group of lines is an example of:

• couplet

• stanza

• metaphor

And both that morning equally lay a

In leaves no step had trodden black. b

Oh, I kept the first for another day! a

Yet knowing how way leads on to way,a

I doubted if I should ever come back. b

is an example of:

• simile

• stanza

• rhyme scheme

Freedom

Is a strong seed

Planted

In a great need.

is an example of:

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

I only know that summer sang in me

A little while, that in me sings no more.

is an example of:

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

Earliest poetry comes from a _______________ tradition.

• written

• oral

What were 2 of the oldest written poems?

• The Road Less Taken; Freedom

• Epic of Gilgamesh, The Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor

• We Real Cool; An Athlete Dying Young

Which sentence contains IMAGERY (sensory details)?

• The man bought groceries.
• The man bought lots of groceries for home.
• The tall, dark-haired man bought groceries in brightly-colored packages.
• The man went to the store.

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4