American Poetry (Unit 2 I-Ready)

"In Dream," the author says, "Hold fast to dreams."

Which of the following statement best describes its meaning?

• Hold to dreams before they disappear

• Life is a broken-winged bird

• If dreams go, life has no vision or goal

• Without dreams life is a barren field

Which of the following figurative language is used with the following sentence, "Life is a barren field?"

• Idiom

• Alliteration

• Simile

• Metaphor

In the poem "I, Too" the author describes himself as the darker brother who is sent to eat in the kitchen. What is the author's perspective?​ ​ ​ (a)  

• He is proud
• He is happy
• He is ashamed
• He is worried
• He laughs
• He is careless
• He is sad
• He is strong

Fill in the blank for the following verses:

But I laugh and eat well, and grow strong...

Besides, they'll see how _______I am

In the poem, "I, Too" the speaker states he grow strong?

What helps his growth?

• He is American

• He works in the kitchen

• He eats well

• He laughs at company

How is the word company used in the context of the sentence?

"They send me to the kitchen when company comes."

Company means​ (a)  

• visitors
• business
• family members
• crowd of people

Match the following kinds of figurative language with its corresponding phrases from "Dust of Snow," "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening," and "Maggie and Milly and Molly and May"

• Alliteration

• A Maggie discovered a shell that sang so sweetly

• Personification

• Maggie and Milly and Molly and May

• Imagery

• The only other sound's the sweep of easy wind and downy flake

• Alliteration

• He gives his harness bells a shake

• Personification

• Millie befriended a stranded star

Match the following poetic elements used in the poem from "Dust of Snow" and "Maggie and Milly and Molly and May"

• Rhyme

• Repetition of beginning consonant sounds

• Personification

• The repetition of sounds

• Imagery

• Giving human characteristics to non-human things.

• Metaphor

• Compare to things without suing the word like or as

• Alliteration

• Using descriptive language to appeal to the senses