Summer School Midterm Exam

What literary device is used in the line: “The fog comes on little cat feet”?

• Alliteration

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Which poem was written by Robert Frost?

• Chicago

• Ars Poetica

• Mending Wall

• New Orleans

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

The phrase “City of the Big Shoulders” is from which poem?

• I, Too

• Chicago

• Ars Poetica

• Mending Wall

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What does the poem 'I, Too' suggest about the speaker’s future?

• He will leave the country

• He will be accepted and valued

• He will lose his voice

• He will be forgotten

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What is the main theme of 'Mending Wall'?

• Isolation is harmful

• Nature is beautiful

• Walls keep peace

• Boundaries and traditions

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Which poem discusses daily life at a corner store?

• Ars Poetica

• The Latin Deli

• Mending Wall

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What type of poem is written without rhyme or meter?

• Blank Verse

• Sonnet

• Haiku

• Limerick

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CCSS.RL.11-12.11

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Which of the following lines uses personification?

• The city sleeps at night

• Her eyes were like diamonds

• He ran fast as lightning

• The cold wind blew

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

In 'Chicago', what tone does the speaker use to describe the city?

• A. Proud and honest

• B. Bitter and angry

• C. Indifferent and dull

• D. Joyful and dreamy

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What is a metaphor?

• A direct comparison using 'like' or 'as'

• Giving human traits to objects

• A figure of speech comparing things without like/as

• A sound word

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D