Poetry Application Practice

in the non-cheering dark,

in the many mornings-after

in the chalk and choke

What term do you see highlighted in red?

• assonance

• alliteration

• consonance

• repetition

[my father] put his clothes on in the blueblack cold,

then with cracked hands that ached

What term do you see in red?

• assonance

• alliteration

• consonance

• metaphor

Like medals with their ribbons

frayed and wavering

What term does this exemplify?

• assonance

• repetition

• end rhyme

• simile

a five-haired beard of wisdom

trailing from his aching jaw.

What term do you see exemplified?

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

Does my haughtiness (arrogance) upset you?

Don't you take it awful hard

Cause I laugh like I've got gold mines

Diggin' in my own backyard.

What TONE do you see in this passage?

• Nervous

• Disgusted

• Frustrated

• Sassy

Does my haughtiness (arrogance) upset you?

Don't you take it awful hard

Cause I laugh like I've got gold mines

Diggin' in my own backyard.

What DICTION achieves the tone in this passage?

• haughtiness, backyard, mines

• haughtiness, upset, laugh

• upset, take, backyard

• Don't, hard, Diggin'

I'm a black ocean, leaping and wide

Welling and swelling I bear the tide

ALL of the following terms are present in this passage EXCEPT

• metaphor

• simile

• end rhyme

• assonance

Well, son, I'll tell you:

Life for me ain't been no crystal stair.

The speaker in this passage can be all of the following EXCEPT:

• An adult speaking to a boy

• Father speaking to his son

• Mother speaking to her son

• Son speaking to his mother

But all the time

I'se been a-climbin' on

Where there ain't been no light

What term does the author use to emphasize these words?

• allusion

• assonance

• alliteration

• consonance

Which is a proper theme statement?

• Pushing through hardship leads to reward.

• People will undoubtedly face challenges in life.

• If you meet a challenge in life, push through it.

• People should push through challenges to reap the benefits on the other side.