Poetry Unit Test Review

I could grow very still like an old stone on a hill. This is an example of:

• a simile

• a metaphor

• personification

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

A word, a sentence, or a phrase that is printed in a single row of text within a poem is...

• A stanza

• A line

• A limerick

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

Which of the following lines of poetry uses alliteration?

• Booth led boldly with his big bass drum.

• The spaceship zoomed through the sky.

• Bill is as strong as an ox.

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

Which of the following lines of poetry uses assonance?

• Peter Piper picked peppers.

• The spaceship zoomed through the sky.

• Ye shall not deceive me though I see you retreat.

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

A group of two or more lines that form a unit in a poem is...

• A stanza

• A line

• A speaker

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

There once was a bear.

He lived near a fair.

He liked to eat honey.

His nose was quite runny.

His fur was the only clothes he would wear.

Which lines make up a couplet in the limerick above?

• Lines 1 and 2

• Lines 1, 2, and 5

• Lines 3 and 4

There once was a bear.

He lived near a fair.

He liked to eat honey.

His nose was quite runny.

His fur was the only clothes he would wear.

What is the rhyme scheme of the above poem?

• aabba

• ababa

• abcba

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.5

Which would be an example of a simile?

• Bob’s dog eats like a garbage disposal.

• That cat is a diamond in the rough.

• The sun is a golden ball.

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Which of the following lines of poetry contain personification?

• I can be still like an old stone on a hill.

• My heart is but a haughty snail!

• The wind is low and the far heat-lightning plays.

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.5

Which of the following lines of poetry contain internal rhyme?

• I can be still like an old stone on a hill.

• My heart is but a haughty snail!

• The wind is low and the far heat-lightning plays.

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4