Poetic Devices and Tone

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1. Which of the following best describes a stanza in poetry?*

• A word that rhymes

• The title of the poem

• A section or group of lines in a poem

• A single sentence in a poem

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CCSS.RL.7.5

2.  In which stanza does the poet compare life without dreams to "a broken-winged bird"?

“Dreams”
by Langston Hughes

Hold fast to dreams
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly.

Hold fast to dreams
For when dreams go
Life is a barren field
Frozen with snow.

• Stanza 1

• Stanza 2

• Stanza 3

• Stanza 4

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CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.W.7.9A

Alliteration is a sound device in which consonant sounds at the _________________ of words are repeated.

• middle

• end

• beginning

Which of the following is the best example of alliteration?

• The sun set behind the mountains as fog rolled in.

• He quickly ran to the store, but he forgot his wallet.

• Sally was about to sell her lemonade when it began to rain.

• The cranky cat cruised past the cantankerous old man.

"The rain falls, softly, softly 

on the leaves, 

a gentle rhythm as the wind 

gently, gently weaves." 

In these lines,  the words "softly" and "gently" are repeated to emphasize the _______________ nature of the rain and wind.

• calming, delicate

• frustrating

• strong, never-ending

• fierce, angry

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CCSS.L.7.5D

CCSS.RL.7.4

Brazen bells!

What a tale of terror, now, their turbulency tells!

  - Edgar Allan Poe

The sound devices in the poem above are:

• alliteration and rhyme

• alliteration and repetition

• assonance and theme

• repetition and onomatopoeia

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CCSS.RL.7.4

What does tone refer to in a piece of writing?

• The symbolism in the text

• The writer’s attitude toward a character or subject

• The meaning the writer is trying to convey

• The style of language the writer uses

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CCSS.L.7.5D

Choose the word or phrase that best describes the tone of the passage.

The man knelt down and placed the roses carefully in the vase. He traced the name on the gravestone with his fingers. He had come here every Sunday since the funeral, and he remembered that day as if it were yesterday. The tears streamed down his face. He stayed there a long time, thinking about everything that had changed.

• suspenseful

• hopeful

• sad

• Instructional

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CCSS.L.7.5D

Decide the tone for the poem below:    

Piping down the valleys wild,
  Piping songs of pleasant glee,
On a cloud I saw a child,
  And he laughing said to me:

‘Pipe a song about a Lamb!’
  So I piped with merry cheer.
‘Piper, pipe that song again.’
  So I piped: he wept to hear.

by William Blake

• resigned, meditative

• pleasant, happy

• angry, determined

• objective, impartial

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CCSS.RL.7.4