Academic Vocabulary - Set 6 Quiz

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Poets often write about the ____________ of their lives to connect with readers and tell their unique stories.

• circumstances
• surmises
• prosperities
• abhorrences

Poetry is one of the oldest forms of communication, dating back to prehistoric times; scholars have ___________ the development of poetry over time through the original song versions to the many variations we see today.

• endeavored
• chronicled
• surmised
• invigorated

Though many students claim to _________ poetry, all are capable of reading, understanding, and composing works of verse.

• endeavor
• abhor
• surmise
• circumstance

Shakespeare wrote a(n) _________ amount of sonnets with a total of 154 still in existence today.

• prodigious
• animate
• nefarious
• invigorating

Choose the 2 words that complete the sentence: Despite being the victim of a(n) _________ crime, Maya Angelou overcame her hardships and rose to _________ eventually holding the title of America's Poet Laureate.

• endeavor; circumstance
• surmise; prodigious
• nefarious; prosperity
• chronicle; animation

Famous American poet Emily Dickinson was mostly homebound during her adult life; she never publicly said why, so we can only _____________ the possible reasons.

• endeavor
• abhor
• surmise
• invigorate

In his own attempt to ____________ the poetic form, poet E.E. Cummings disregarded conventional punctuation and syntax rules and experimented with poems as visual objects.

• surmise
• abhor
• invigorate
• animate

Despite having 8 children between the years of 1633 and 1652, poet Anne Bradstreet _____________ to write poetry even amongst her demanding domestic responsibilities. (She was eventually the first woman to be recognized as an accomplished New World Poet!)

• chronicled
• animated
• endeavored
• surmised

Mary Oliver's nature poetry __________ the world around her in such a way that it was dubbed an "indefatigable** guide to the natural world" because one can simply read her poems and feel they are surrounded by nature. ***persisting tirelessly

• nefarioused
• animated
• endeavored
• abhorred