Voice/Langston Hughes Poems Test

Which statement describes a major difference between a traditional poem and a free verse poem?

• A traditional poem may contain alliteration, but a free verse poem does not contain this sound device.

• A traditional poem may contain regular rhythm and rhyme scheme, but a free verse poem does not contain these elements.

• A traditional poem may contain rhyme and figurative language, but a free verse poem does not contain these elements.

• A traditional poem may contain imagery, but a free verse poem does not relay vivid images to the reader.

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CCSS.RL.5.4

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Which line of poetry displays onomatopoeia?

• I was told of his bold actions.

• The rope slowly floated away.

• The cat crawled over the concrete wall.

• I listened to the frogs croak and the geese squawk.

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Which figure of speech uses like or as in its comparison?

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Choose which figure of speech appears in this sentence:

The raindrops danced and jumped on the window.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

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Choose which figure of speech appears in this sentence:

The new pillows were like fluffy white marshmallows.

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• personification

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

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Choose which figure of speech appears in this sentence:

Jake was like a whirlwind, rushing from one activity to the next.

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• personification

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Choose which figure of speech appears in this sentence:

Belinda's fingers were icicles after her ice skating lesson.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

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CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

Reread lines 7–14 of “A Voice,” in which the speaker describes her grandfather. What is the simile in these lines?

• He walked slow

  as a hot river down the narrow hall of your house

• you spoke Spanish formal

  as your father, the judge without a courtroom

• in the country he floated to in the dark on a flatbed truck.

• You never dared to race past him, to say, “Please move,” in the language you learned effortlessly, as you learned to run

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

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CCSS.RL.7.4

In "A Voice", what language did the speaker’s mother primarily use at home?

• Spanish

• English

• the poem doesn't say

• Italian

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From "A Voice", which of the following is an example of a simile?

• their eyes also unrelenting

• He walked slow / as a hot river

• You liked writing speeches

• country he floated to in the dark

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.7.10