Poetry and Poetic Devices Review - February

Identify the rhyme scheme of the following lines from a poem by Langston Hughes: "Hold fast to dreams For if dreams die Life is a broken-winged bird That cannot fly."

• ABAB

• AABB

• ABCB

• ABBA

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CCSS.RL.9-10.10

Which of the following is an example of a metaphor?

• The wind whispered through the trees.

• Her smile was as bright as the sun.

• Time is a thief.

• The leaves danced in the breeze.

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CCSS.RL.9-10.10

Has a rhyme scheme of abab/cdcd/efef/gg is called a  (a)   .

• sonnet
• rhyme
• Petrarchan sonnet
• Shakespearean sonnet

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Match each word to the word that rhymes with it.

• Ran

• Glare

• Coat

• Man

• Pop

• Boat

• Stare

• Night

• Kite

• Hop

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CCSS.RF.K.2A

CCSS.RL.2.4

Match each word to the word that rhymes with it.

• Appreciate

• Surrender

• Listen

• Glare

• Mangle

• Tangle

• Splendor

• Glisten

• Stare

• Illuminate

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CCSS.RF.K.2A

CCSS.RL.2.4

The pattern of rhyming in poetry is known as

• a stanza

• rhyming

• rhyme scheme

• verses

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What is the rhyme scheme shown here?

• aa bb cc

• ab ab ab

• ab cd ef

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

The poem is a metaphor that compares the Oak to - (a)  

• C human life
• A the seasons
• B strength
• D life and death

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Whats the extended metaphor .?

• Comparing nothing .

• Comparing “Hope” with a “bird”

• Comparing “Hope” with “feathers”

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Select the passage that has a more admiring tone.

• Mr. Wickham's appearance was greatly in his favor. He had all the best parts of beauty- a fine presence, a good figure, and a very pleasing manner about him. The introduction was followed on his side by a happy readiness of conversation.

• No mortal could support that horror. A mummy animated once more could not be so hideous as that wretch. I had gazed on him while unfinished; he was ugly then, but when those muscles and joints were capable of motion, it became a thing such as even Dante could not have dreamed of.

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4