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8th Grade- 1.17 Unit Review (Power of Poetry)

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 12mins

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1.

How is the extended metaphor referred to in the following lines from "Will There Really be a 'Morning?'"


Has it feet like Water lilies?

Has it feathers like a Bird?

Is it brought from famous countries

Of which I have never heard?

a)

It is referred to as a flower.

b)

It is referred to as feet.

c)

It is referred to as it.

2.

What is the effect of the extended metaphor in the passage?


Do not go gentle into that good night,

Old age should burn and rave at close of day;

Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Though wise men at their end know dark is right,

Because their words had forked no lightning they

Do not go gentle into that good night.

a)

It sustains the comparison of death to night.

b)

It sustains the image of old age.

c)

It sustains comparison of day and night.

3.

What is the effect of the extended metaphor in the passage?


I dwell in Possibility —

A fairer House than Prose –

More numerous of Windows –

Superior – for Doors –

a)

It sustains the image of possibility.

b)

It sustains the image of living.

c)

It sustains the image of the house.

4.

What word best symbolizes a cruel place to be in the given lines?


"And this was the reason that, long ago,

In this kingdom by the sea,

A wind blew out of a cloud, chilling

My beautiful Annabel Lee;"

a)

sea

b)

kingdom

c)

wind

5.

How many lines are in sonnet?

a)

12

b)

14

c)

3

6.

What theme does the passage reveal?


"Do not go gentle into that good night,/

Old age should burn and rave at close of day;/

Rage, rage against the dying of the light."

a)

Death is inevitable but it should be fought.

b)

Old age is only in your head.

c)

Death will not come if you fight it.

7.

What word best describes the mood of the poem "The Charge of the Light Brigade?"

a)

agitated

b)

sentimental

c)

proud

8.

What literary device is suggested by the words "Good Night" in the poem "Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night?"

a)

simile

b)

imagery

c)

pun

9.

How does the poet use irony in the passage?


And on the pedestal, these words appear:

My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings;

Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!

Nothing beside remains. Round the decay...

a)

It is ironic that the pedestal has strong words but the statue is in decay.

b)

It is ironic because Ozymandias speaks.

c)

It is ironic that Ozymandias is placed on a pedestal.

10.

Interpret the imagery in the given passage from "The Song of the Wandering Aengus."


And when white moths were on the wing,/

And moth-like stars were flickering out,

a)

The wings of the flying moths reflected light like stars.

b)

The moths stopped flying.

c)

The moths were actually lightning bugs that flickered.

11.

Read the stanza from “Annabel Lee”. What is the tone of the passage?


But our love it was stronger by far than the love

Of those who were older than we—

Of many far wiser than we—

And neither the angels in heaven above,

Nor the demons down under the sea,

Can ever dissever my soul from the soul

Of the beautiful Annabel Lee:

a)

passionate

b)

hopeful

c)

angry

12.

What is the tone of the first stanza of Longfellow's "Rainy Day?"


The day is cold, and dark, and dreary;

It rains, and the wind is never weary;

The vine still clings to the moldering wall,/

But at every gust the dead leaves fall,

And the day is dark and dreary.

a)

gloomy

b)

haunting

c)

matter of fact

13.

What is the tone of the given passages?


But what they fought each other for

I could not well make out;

"But everybody said," quoth he,

"That 'twas a famous victory."

Do not weep, babe, for war is kind.

a)

proud

b)

horrific

c)

ironic

14.

What is an example of alliteration in the last two lines of "Ozymandias?"


"Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare/,

The lone and level sands stretch far away."

a)

boundless and bare

b)

lone and level

c)

sands stretch far away

d)

all answers

15.

What poem does the following line come from? "Rage, rage against the dying of the light."

a)

"The Battle of Blenheim"

b)

"Do Not go Gentle into That Good Night"

c)

"The Charge of the Light Brigade"

16.

The limitless power of poetry is a theme in which poem?

a)

"the Raven"

b)

"Annabel Lee"

c)

"I Dwell in Possibility"

17.

What part of the narrative poem "Annabel Lee" is represented by the following lines?


"And neither the angels in heaven above,/

Nor the demons down under the sea,

Can ever dissever my soul from the soul/

Of the beautiful Annabel Lee:"

a)

rising action

b)

climax

c)

falling action

d)

exposition

18.

What mood is created by the setting described in "The Raven?"


"Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,/

Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore -"

a)

dreamy

b)

lazy

c)

spooky

d)

calm

19.

What point of view is “The Raven” told from and what is the effect of this?

a)

It is written in third person so the reader understands both the speaker and the raven.

b)

It is written in the first person so the reader only sees the raven as the speaker sees him.

c)

It is written in first person so the reader understands the raven's motivations.

20.

What is the point of view of the poem "Ozymandias," and what effect does it have on who the reader hears?

a)

The point of view is third person because the reader hears the voice of the speaker, the traveller, and Ozymandias.

b)

The point of view is second person so the reader can hear the speaker, traveller, and Ozymandias.

c)

The point of view is first person because it is told through the speaker's eyes, but the speaker tells what the traveler and Ozymandias say.

21.

Which plot element is illustrated by this stanza?


O young Lochinvar is come out of the west,

Through all the wide Border his steed was the best;

And save his good broadsword he weapons had none,

He rode all unarm'd, and he rode all alone.

So faithful in love, and so dauntless in war,

There never was knight like the young Lochinvar.

a)

Exposition

b)

`Complicating Incident

c)

Rising Action

d)

Falling Action

22.

Which sentence shows the correct use of the dash?

a)

In the early 1800s—before cars existed—all children walked to school.

b)

In the early 1800s before cars existed—all children walked to school.

c)

In the early 1800s—before cars-- existed all children walked to school.

23.

Which sentence uses brackets correctly?

a)

Since there was a flickering fire in the cabin, I wonder if she the glimmering [girl] was actually there?

b)

Since there was a flickering fire in the cabin, [I wonder if she the glimmering girl] was actually there?

c)

Since there was a flickering fire in the cabin, I wonder if she [the glimmering girl] was actually there?