22-23 Qtr 4 Exam

Which of the excerpts is an example of personification?

• Well, son, I’ll tell you:/ Life for me ain’t been no crystal stair./ It’s had tacks in it,/ And splinters,/ And boards torn up,/ And places with no carpet on the floors/ Bare

• I’d love to take a poem to lunch/ or treat it to a wholesome brunch/ of fresh cut fruit and apple crunch.

• The Moon’s a snowball. See the drifts/ Of white that cross the sphere./ The Moon’s a snowball, melted down/ A dozen times a year.

Read the excerpt from the poem “The Echoing Green” by William Blake. (a)   Identify the rhyme scheme Blake used.

The sun does arise,And make happy the skies.The merry bells ring To welcome the Spring.

• AABB
• ABBA
• ABAB

What is true about poetry?

• Poets choose words for their meaning and sound.

• poetry is always written in strict form

• Unlike prose, poetry is written in straightforward language.

Match the following

• Haiku

• informational

• Sonnet

• Poetry

• Fiction Novel

• Alliteration

• News Article

• Prose

• Tongue Twister

• poetry

Alliteration, rhyme, and onomatopoeia are all examples of

(a)  

• sound devices
• image devices
• prose

The following line is an example of ​ ​ (a)  

" "The fog comes on little cat feet."

• metaphor
• personification
• simile
• onomatopoeia

The ocean crashed angrily during the storm is an example of which type of figurative language? (a)  

• alliteration
• personification
• a simile
• a metaphor

"She is as slow as a turtle"

is an example of which type of figurative language?

(a)  

• a simile
• a metaphor
• alliteration
• onomatopoeia

The snow was a white blanket over the town is an example of which type of figurative language?

• a metaphor

• a simile

• onomatopoeia

• an allusion

Tree is to forest as building is to city is an example of which type of figurative language?

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

• an allusion

• an analogy