Poetry Test

The lines in "Seal" are very short for a reason. What is the reason?

• The poet needed short lines to make the shape of the seal.

• The poet needed short lines to emphasize the rhymes.

• The poet wanted the short lines to mimic the short quick movements of the seal.

• The poet wanted the short lines to represent the "watery rooms."

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"Seal" is set in:

• an aquarium

• the sea

• the ocean

• a television show

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"Seal" Write the letters of the details which support your answer to #2. (2 answers)

• "See how he dives from the rocks"

• "Back up he swims past Sting Ray and Shark"

• "Softer than spray"

• "He plops at your side with a mouthful of fish!"

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The last two stanzas of "The Highwayman" are written in italics because:

• the poet’s hand was shaking after all the effort taken to write the poem.

• the poet wanted to emphasize that these stanzas are a flashback.

• the poet wanted to exemplify sensory language.

• the poet was emphasizing that the characters were ghosts by using ghostly writing.

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How do the Redcoats learn of Bess and the highwayman’s plans?

• The Redcoats have been spying on the highwayman’s routes.

• Tim tells them.

• Bess’s father tells them so that his daughter can’t date the highwayman any more.

• The highwayman confesses the plans to the Redcoats.

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Write the letter of the detail which support your answer to #5.

• “A redcoat troop came marching- marching- marching”

• “Where Tim the ostler listened”

• “But the landlord’s black-eyed daughter”

• ’Now, keep good watch!’ and they kissed her.”

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"Mother to Son" is an example of an extended:

• metaphor

• simile

• flashback

• foreshadowing

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"Mother to Son" Which of the following details represent difficulties in the speaker’s life? (3 answers)

• tacks

• splinters

• landin’s

• boards torn up

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What is the theme of "Mother to Son"?

• Life is constantly a struggle.

• Life is like a princess movie with crystal stairs.

• Life can be difficult, but don’t quit.

• You can find help from your mother for struggles in your life.

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“And finally Sarah Cynthia Stout said OK, I’ll take the garbage out.” These lines are important because: (three answers)

• They are the only two lines that do not rhyme in the poem.

• Sarah finally agrees to remove the garbage.

• Sarah’s parents agree to help her remove the garbage.

• The rhymes, like the garbage, stop piling up for a brief moment.

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