Test Review: Introduction to Poetry & Willow and Ginkgo

All of the following are examples of personification EXCEPT...

• Who let the cat out of the bag?

• The sun smiled down on us.

• The walls have ears.

• The trees danced in the wind.

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

Which of the following terms is considered alliteration?

• Check your glass for a coin.

• Kendall cradled his colored kite.

• Dave gave up after he hiked through the cave.

• BAM! The cannon blasted in the distance.

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

A hyperbole is...

• a saying that should not be taken literally

• when you give human characteristics to non-human objects

• the repetition of sounds throughout a sentence

• an exaggerated exclamation

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

What vocabulary word matches the definition: The writer's attitude toward the material (playful, angry...etc.)

• Tone

• Mood

• Style

• Theme

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

What is the willow compared to in the poem?

• A crude sketch

• A velvet-nosed calf

• A city child

• Gray concrete

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CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

How is the ginkgo described in the poem?

• Like an etching

• Like a soprano

• Like a crude sketch

• Like silken thread

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CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

What does the willow's music resemble?

• A chorus

• A soprano

• A city child

• Gray concrete

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CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

The following stanza emphasizes... "The ginkgo forces its way through gray concrete; Like a city child, it grows up in the street. Thrust against the metal sky, Somehow it survives and even thrives."

• beauty of plants in nature.

• strength of the ginkgo.

• dirtiness of many cities.

• love children have for nature.

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CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

The descriptions in lines 5–8 of “Simile: Willow and Ginkgo” help you visualize the trees by appealing to

• sight

• smell

• sound

• touch

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

Which excerpt from “Simile: Willow and Ginkgo” uses mythical sensory language to help the reader visualize the willow?

• like a nymph with streaming hair

• sleek as a velvet-nosed calf

• dips to the water

• like an etching

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CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5