4.1 Review A

Select the best description of the rhyme pattern. (R.1.4)

‘Dreams’ by Langston Hughes

Hold fast to dreams

For if dreams die 

Life is a broken-winged bird 

That cannot fly.

 

Hold fast to dreams 

For when dreams go 

Life is a barren field 

Frozen with snow.

• None of the words in the poem rhyme.

• Only the second stanza has a rhyme pattern.

• Every other word at the end of each line rhymes.

• All of the words at the end of each line rhyme with each other.

Select the metaphor below that indicates that life without dreams is no good. (R.3.1)

‘Dreams’ by Langston Hughes

Hold fast to dreams

For if dreams die 

Life is a broken-winged bird 

That cannot fly. 

Hold fast to dreams 

For when dreams go 

Life is a barren field 

Frozen with snow.

• Hold fast to dreams

• For if dreams die

• Life is a broken-winged bird 

  That cannot fly. 

• Frozen with snow.

‘Dreams’ by Langston Hughes

Hold fast to dreams

For if dreams die 

Life is a broken-winged bird 

That cannot fly. 

Hold fast to dreams 

For when dreams go 

Life is a barren field 

Frozen with snow.

What purpose do the final two lines serve in the poem? (R.1.4)

• Show how life can be cold and full of snow.

• Detail the emptiness of a field full of snow.

• Illustrate how life can be wonderful with great dreams.

• Reinforce the fact that life can be empty without dreams.

What happens to a dream deferred? " By Langston Hughs

  Does it dry up 

  like a raisin in the sun? 

  Or fester like a sore— 

  And then run? 

  Does it stink like rotten meat? 

  Or crust and sugar over— 

  like a syrupy sweet? 

  Maybe it just sags 

  like a heavy load.

Or does it explode?

What is the RHYME SCHEME of this poem by Langston Hughs?(R.1.4)

UNAWARE by Kaitlyn Guenther

Isolation quickly overwhelms me

Begging for forgiveness, a fallen hand

Desolation I now begin to see

Hanging by a thin thread, a single strand I watch them…

Their fears, their misbehaviour

Mistreat, abuse…. Completely unaware

I am the land, their glorious saviour

Someday they will learn to treat me with care

I wish they would learn to trust each other

To join as one, to stand strong together

A bond, a band and a mighty brother

Forever as one, a powerful tether

You may not know, that fear is their captor

So you may not see each special factor.

What is the rhyme scheme of the first stanza? (R.1.4)

• ABABA

• AABB

• ABAB

• ABBAB

UNAWARE by Kaitlyn Guenther

Isolation quickly overwhelms me

Begging for forgiveness, a fallen hand

Desolation I now begin to see

Hanging by a thin thread, a single strand I watch them…

Their fears, their misbehaviour

Mistreat, abuse…. Completely unaware

I am the land, their glorious saviour

Someday they will learn to treat me with care

I wish they would learn to trust each other

To join as one, to stand strong together

A bond, a band and a mighty brother

Forever as one, a powerful tether

You may not know, that fear is their captor

So you may not see each special factor.

What does the word "desolation" mean as it is used in this poem? (V.1.3)

• alone and sad

• evil and negative

• hope and encouragement

• emptiness and destruction

UNAWARE by Kaitlyn Guenther

Isolation quickly overwhelms me

Begging for forgiveness, a fallen hand

Desolation I now begin to see

Hanging by a thin thread, a single strand I watch them…

Their fears, their misbehaviour

Mistreat, abuse…. Completely unaware

I am the land, their glorious saviour

Someday they will learn to treat me with care

I wish they would learn to trust each other

To join as one, to stand strong together

A bond, a band and a mighty brother

Forever as one, a powerful tether

You may not know, that fear is their captor

So you may not see each special factor.

What does the word "tether" mean as it is used in the poem?(V.1.3)

• connection

• love

• friend

• brother

Write down as many characteristics of a SONNET as you can remember.

"Hummel sighed. His gun-coloured coveralls seemed deflated; a sprinkle of iron filings fell from his hair. . . . Hummel was pathetic, Caldwell decided as he walked away. Lonely devil, couldn't stop talking, he couldn't let you go. No need for mechanics like him any more; everything mass-produced. Waste. If one wears out, get another. Biff. Bang. Smash 'em up."

From John Updike, The Centaur. Copyright 1963 by John Updike

Which narrative point of view is shown in the passage? (R.1.3)

• 1st person

• 2nd person

• 3rd person

"The two young men had little in common, but they did not realise it, for they shared a number of surface traits. Both, for example, were fastidious, very attentive to hygiene and the condition of their fingernails."

From Truman Capote, In Cold Blood. Copyright 1966 by Truman Capote

Which narrative point of view is shown in the passage? (R.1.3)

• 1st person

• 2nd person

• 3rd person