Group 6 Poetry Quiz Review

What makes "The Highwayman" suspenseful?

• The Redcoats are waiting to capture the highwayman.

• Tim is in love with Bess.

• The Highwayman and Bess are in love.

• Bess wears a braid knotted in her hair.

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.5

What is the mood throughout "The Highwayman"?

• sad

• dramatic

• jolly

• humorous

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

What two things are contrasted in "How I Learned English"?

• baseball and love

• an American game and a recent immigrant

• hatred and love

• baseball and fly balls

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is the setting for "How I Learned English"?

• a baseball stadium

• an empty lot

• a football field

• a backyard

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

The word shin is misused by the speaker of "How I Learned English" for what word?

• shin

• leg

• head

• knee

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

These are narrative poems because they have what five parts of plot?

• exposition

  rising action

  falling action

  resolution

• rising action

  climax

  falling action

  resolution

• exposition

  rising action

  climax

  falling action

  resolution

• exposition

  rising action

  climax

  conflict

  resolution

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

What is a synonym for torrent?

• water

• flood

• danger

• rain

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What would you probably be doing if you were transfixed?

• running

• staring

• talking

• screaming

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What is an antonym for bound?

• tied

• wrapped

• rope

• loosened

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What might you be feeling if you were writhing?

• pain

• humor

• neither pain nor humor

• both pain or humor

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4