Week 13 Quizizz

Scan the following lines and select the appropriate option below.

Note: The "u" means unaccented. The "/" means accented.

Teacher Tom is

writing questions

• u/u/

  u/u/

• /u/u

  /u/u

• u//u

  u//u

• /uu/

  /uu/

Answer explanation

Both lines have two trochaic feet: /u/u

Scan the following lines and select the appropriate option below.

Note: The "u" means unaccented. The "/" means accented.

The child asleep

The teacher mad.

• u/u/

  u/u/

• /u/u

  /u/u

• u//u

  u//u

• /uu/

  /uu/

Answer explanation

Both lines have two iambic feet: u / u /

Scan the following line and select the appropriate option below.

Note: The "u" means unaccented. The "/" means accented.

At the end of the day

• u/u/u/

• /u/u/u

• uu/uu/

• /uu/u/

Answer explanation

The line consistof two anapestic feet.

uu/uu/

Which foot in poetry has an unaccented syllable followed by an accented syllable

• iambic

• trochaic

• anapestic

Which foot in poetry has two unaccented syllables?

• iambic

• trochaic

• anapestic

What is the following sentence an example of?

This class is taking forever! Will it ever end?

• stanza

• rhythm

• hyperbole

• imagery

Answer explanation

hyperbole = exaggeration

What is the following sentence an example of?

Ana annoyingly asks Abby.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

What are the following sentences an example of?

The cat's back raised in an arc. It's tailed pointed upwards as it hissed noisily.

• imagery

• repetition

• methaphor

• alliteration

Answer explanation

Imagery is any piece of writing that can give the reader a picture.

Imagery includes any words that relate to sight, hearing, smell, touch, or taste.

What is the following an example of?

This class is as boring as watching paint dry.

• simile

• hyperbole

• theme

• metaphor

Answer explanation

This is a simile because it contains "like" or "as", and it also contains hyperbole because my class could never be that boring!

What is the following an example of?

The flame danced in the wind.

• extended

  metaphor

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

Answer explanation

Personification is any time a writer uses words to describe a thing or an animal as if it were a person.

A flame can't dance. Only people can dance. So this is personification.