Gr7_Alternative Unit 3 Test

Read “The Railway Train” by Emily Dickinson. Which line best reflects the train’s playful nature?

I like to see it lap the miles,
And lick the valleys up,
And stop to feed itself at tanks;

(1) And then, prodigious, step

Around a pile of mountains,
(2) And, supercilious, peer
In shanties by the sides of roads;
And then a quarry pare

To fit its sides, and crawl between,
Complaining all the while
In horrid, hooting stanza;
(3) Then chase itself down hill

And neigh like Boanerges;
Then, punctual as a star,
(4) Stop—docile and omnipotent—
At its own stable door.

• And then, prodigious, step

• And, supercilious, peer

• Then chase itself down hill

• Stop—docile and omnipotent—

Read “A Book” by Emily Dickinson.

What is the main idea of the poem?

There is no Frigate like a Book
To take us Lands away
Nor any Coursers like a Page
Of prancing Poetry—
This Traverse may the poorest take
Without oppress of Toll—
How frugal is the Chariot
That bears the Human Soul—

• Books open up new worlds to all readers, rich or poor.

• Poetry is too expensive for the common person to afford.

• Ships are great for traveling around the world.

• People need chariots so they can travel long distances.

What figure of speech does the following line from Robert Frost’s “Nothing Gold Can Stay” contain?

Her hardest hue to hold.

• hyperbole

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

"Of cloudless climes and starry skies" contains a

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• simile

• alliteration

Which two elements of drama divide the play and indicate shifts in location or scenery?

• dialogue & act

• act & scene

• monologue & dialogue

• monologue & act

What is the rhyme scheme in the following lines from Robert Frost's "A Patch of Old Snow"?

There’s a patch of old snow in a corner
That I should have guessed
Was a blow-away paper the rain
Had brought to rest.

• abab

• aabb

• abcc

• abcb

What does "end rhyme" mean?

A group of lines in a poem is called a

The playwright is the _______________ of a play.

A pattern in which the last syllables of words repeat
and sound alike​ is called ________________.

• alliteration
• metaphor
• simile
• rhyme scheme