English I Poetry

In which of the following lines from “Avarice” is the third-person point of view most clear? Choose two options.

• She’d weigh a peach in her hands

• Junebugs pinned to a sheet of cork

• At least twelve times a day

• She counts eight engagement rings.

Which of the following is the strongest example of alliteration?

• At sixteen, / She gazed at her little brother’s / Junebugs….

• … anything that needs fixing or carrying or any yard work he can do.

• … a glassy-eyed heavy girl who almost seems asleep as she stands outside their door.…

• It makes me nostalgic / For the years I lived on coffee and bread.…

What is the definition of the sound device known as consonance?

• repetition of long vowel sounds in stressed syllables

• repetition of vowel sounds

• repetition of initial consonant sounds

• repetition of final consonant sounds\

Which is an example of consonance?

• Came back, and it makes me nostalgic

• From her sister’s christening gown

• When some people talk about money

• Who was that, Mama? they say

Choose the correct genre

• Poetry

• Horror

• Autobiography

• Folklore

Choose the correct genre

• Poetry

• Science fiction

• Adventure

• Horror

Ali represents his school for poetry recitation competition. He reads a lot of ___ book.

• poetry

• textbook

• adventure

What is the structure of poetry?

• sentences and paragraphs

• lines and stanzas

• letters and numbers

• rainbows and unicorns

What is the narrator of a poem called?

• rhythm

• rhyme

• speaker

• author

Rhythm gives poetry a __________ quality.

• musical

• old-fashioned

• important

• difficult