Poetry Test

Which of these terms means "the message the author wants to send to the reader"

• tone

• theme

• irony

• figurative language

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

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Which poem features a speaker who is in the woods, trying to decide between two paths?

• "Mother to Son" by Langston Hughes

• "Fire and Ice" by Robert Frost

• "Sonnet 18" by William Shakespeare

• "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost

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CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

In "Mother to Son" by Langston Hughes, this describes the speaker's relation to the author

• Author's mother

• Author's son

• Author's brother

• Author's father

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CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

This type of figurative language gives human-like qualities to inanimate objects

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Symbolism

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

These lines are from which poem?

"From what I've tasted of desire

I hold with those who favor fire"

• "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost

• Sonnet 29 by William Shakespeare

• "O snail" by Kobayashi Issa

• "Fire and Ice" by Robert Frost

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CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

This type of Japanese poem most often features 3 lines of poetry and 17 syllables, in a 5, 7, 5 format.

• Limerick

• Haiku

• Sonnet

• Free Verse

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CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

In poetry, this term refers to the way that the author feels about the subject of the poem

• Tone

• Speaker

• Theme

• Irony

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CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

This poem is based around the symbol of a "Crystal Stair" to represent a perfect life

• "Fire and Ice" by Robert Frost

• "Mother to Son" by Langston Hughes

• "Sonnet 18" by William Shakespeare

• "A Poppy Blooms" by Katsushika Hokusai

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CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

In Shakespeare's "Sonnet 18" the speaker's lover is compared to this in order to highlight her beauty.

• Fire and ice

• A winter moon

• A calm ocean breeze

• A summer's day

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CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

This type of figurative language compares two dissimilar things using "like" or "as"

• Onomatopoeia

• Idiom

• Simile

• Metaphor

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3