Unit 1 Test Review

Which feature does "Song" share with all lyric poetry?

• It expresses a single speaker's thoughts and feelings.

• It is written about events in the author's life.

• It tells a story with characters and a setting.

What poetic device is used in the poem?

Hint: Look at the words underlined.

Then stay at home, my heart, and rest

The bird is safest in its nest

O'er all that flutter their wings and fly

A hawk is hovering in the sky

• alliteration

• rhyme

• repetition

Which is the best restatement of the theme of "Song"?

• Life is full of unhappiness.

• Home is where happiness is found.

• Staying at home is boring.

Part A

Which statement about "Paul Revere's Ride" is most clearly true?

• It is a narrative poem.

• It is a lyric poem.

Part B

What features of "Paul Revere's Ride" best support the answer to Part A?

(Part A

Which statement about "Paul Revere's Ride" is most clearly true?)

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  It features character, plot, and setting.

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  It focuses on thoughts and feelings.

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  It is addressed to a specific audience.

Which of the following lines contains a simile?

HINT: a simile contains like or as

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  Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere

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  One, if by land, and two, if by sea;

  And I on the opposite shore will be

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  A phantom ship, with each mast and spar

  Across the moon like a prison bar

Which choice provides the best evidence that this story is written from a first-person point of view?

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  The story tells about something that happened in the past.

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  The story includes a quotation from one of the characters.

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  The narrator is a character in the story.

In the short story above, the narrator claims that she learned many good habits at Aunt Agatha's place.

What habits did the narrator learn that will serve her well later in life?

Sentence Starters: The habits that the narrator learned are....

Which of the following sentences use verbs in the active voice?

Choose the two correct answers.

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  The lights were turned off before the movie.

• She smiled at the dog.

• She rode the bus to school.

Which of the following sentences use verbs in the passive voice?

Choose the two correct answers.

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  The rain damaged your books.

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  The cake was baked by my grandmother.

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  New maps will be presented at the end of the month.