Unit 2 Review

What type of figurative language is in the quote, "How public... / To tell one’s name... / To an admiring Bog!"?

• metaphor

• simile

• alliteration

• personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

What time period was Emily Dickinson from?

• Early Colonial (1600-1830)

• Romantic (1790-1870)

• Realism (1870-1930)

• Modernity (1910-1945)

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.K.6

Which of the following selections most closely describes Emily Dickinson’s opinion of audiences?

• She believes that it is necessary for a poet to have a wide audience.

• She thinks that audiences aren’t very intelligent.

• She only wants an audience that is respectful and kind.

• She believes that having a wide audience is a sign of importance.

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

Which word describes something gloomy?

• bog

• dreary

• public

• livelong

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

"Nothing but a hot / Swish of strings like silk / Ten feet out" is an example of a(n) ____________.

• metaphor

• simile

• rhetorical question

• allusion

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

When an author references another literary work, this is called a(n) ___________.

• personification

• irony

• rhetorical question

• allusion

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

"Lanky, all hands / & feet" is an example of a(n) ____________.

• hyperbole

• simile

• allusion

• personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

How do the lines "Muscles were a bright motor Double-flashing to the metal hoop Nailed to our oak" contribute to the meaning of "Slam, Dunk, & Hook"?

• This is a metaphor that highlights how the speaker is more capable than he realizes.

• This is personification, and it shows how the author is superhuman.

• This is a simile that highlights how the speaker is more capable than he realizes.

• This is a hyperbole, and it shows how the author is superhuman.

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.7.10

Which definition fits "alliteration"?

• Repeated vowel sounds

• Implied comparison

• Repeated consonant sounds

• Exaggeration

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

Which definition fits "assonance"?

• Repeated vowel sounds

• Implied comparison

• Repeated consonant sounds

• Exaggeration

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4