English I Poetry

This line of poetry has an example of?

Then I made a hike, for I didn't like to hear him sizzle so;

• rhyme

• onomatopoeia

• Eye Rhyme

• Simile

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

This line of poetry has an example of?

Since I left Plumtree, down in Tennessee, it's the first time I've been warm."

• rhyme

• hyperbole

• Eye Rhyme

• Simile

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

This line of poetry has an example of?

And the dogs were fed, and the stars o'erhead were dancing heel and toe

• personification

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• Simile

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

This line of poetry has an example of?

"It's the cursèd cold, and it's got right hold till I'm chilled clean through to the bone.

• personification

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• alliteration

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

These lines of poetry has an example of? It was icy cold, but the hot sweat rolled down my cheeks, and I don't know why; And the greasy smoke in an inky cloak went streaking down the sky.

• end rhyme

• eye rhyme

• internal rhyme

• slant rhyme

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

This line of poetry hasan example of?

The muster of men at the barrack door

• end rhyme

• alliteration

• connotation

• denotation

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

These lines of poetry has an example of?

There wasn't a breath in that land of death, and I hurried, horror-driven,

With a corpse half hid that I couldn't get rid, because of a promise given;

• imagery

• hyperbole

• couplet

• alliteration

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.10

The speaker in “The Good Life” says, “[I]t makes me nostalgic / For the years I lived on coffee and bread….” How does she most likely feel about her past?

• She feels a great sense of relief that the past is behind her.

• She is rich and distressed by the fact that she once struggled.

• She has some fond memories of times that were hard for her.

• She worries that she might forget how hard life is for others.

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

Read the following excerpt from “The Good Life.”

It makes me nostalgic

For the years I lived on coffee and bread,

Hungry all the time, walking to work on payday

Like a woman journeying for water

Which point of view does this excerpt illustrate?

• first person

• third person limited

• second person

• third person omniscient

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

Which of the following best explains how these lines show the effectiveness of alliteration?

• creates a sing-song or musical effect.

• emphasizes rhyming words.

• creates a formal style and tone.

• surprises the reader with unusual sounds.

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.9