3.1.8 Eng 9 Quiz

Why do poets use imagery?

• To enable the reader to connect with a poem emotionally

• To provide a personal opinion

• To show the reader how to write poetry

• To help the reader understand conflict

What does the information provided by imagery do?

• Evokes the reader's pre-existing knowledge

• Appeals to the reader's five senses

• Expresses the poet's personal opinion

• Shows the reader how to write a poem

What can a poet's use of imagery help establish in a poem?

• Plot

• Conflict

• Mood

• Conclusion

Which words from Li-Young Lee's "From Blossoms" most clearly help create a positive mood?

• "bend" and "turned"

• "hands" and "bins"

• "devour" and "dust"

• "sweet" and "nectar"

Which phrase is an example of a concrete detail in Li-Young Lee's "From Blossoms"?

• this brown paper bag of peaches

• to take what we love

• from sweet fellowship

• not only the sugar, but the days

Which statement is the best example of a theme of "From Blossoms" by Li-Young Lee?

• It's fun to eat peaches out of a paper bag during summer.

• It's important to experience and enjoy every day.

• Peaches are meant to be eaten soon after being picked.

• You should eat peaches whenever you can.

Click to read "miss rosie" by Lucille Clifton. Then answer the question. What effect does the repetition of the phrase "when I watch you" have on the poem?

• It gives the poem a sense of rhythm.

• It allows the poem to rhyme.

• It helps wrap up the main conflict.

• It expresses the poet's personal opinion.

Read this passage:

sitting, surrounded by the smell of too old potato peels Lucille Clifton, "miss rosie"

The passage is an example of:

• Theme

• Denotation

• Figurative language

• Concrete imagery

Which sentence is most clearly about the relationship between a poem's setting and its mood?

• When the poem uses the word "wolf," she really means "courage."

• As a character, the speaker is full of anxiety and anger throughout.

• The stuffy lecture hall creates a feeling of being bored and trapped.

• Simile is a comparison that uses the words "like," "as," or "resembles."

Read "I Am Offering this Poem," by Jimmy Santiago Baca. Then answer the question. In the poem, which image is compared to a poem?

• Winter nights

• Thick socks

• An uncaring world

• Dense trees