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Author's Craft

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 11mins

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Class
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1.

What's the rhyme scheme?


O my Love is like a red, red rose

That newly blooms in June;

O my Love is like the melody

That’s sweetly played in tune.

a)

ABAB

b)

ABCB

c)

CADB

d)

BCA

2.

"Red, red rose" is an example of ____.

a)

onomatopoeia

b)

alliteration

c)

metaphor

d)

rhyme

3.

Which words rhyme?

a)

rose and melody

b)

June and sun

c)

dry and I

d)

love and dear

4.

In line 4, which word is stressed?

(Which word gets the beat?)


O my Love is like a red, red rose

That newly blooms in June;

O my Love is like the melody

That’s sweetly played in tune.

a)

That's

b)

played

c)

in

5.

What is the effect of repetition in the poem?

a)

It makes the poem boring.

b)

It makes the poem rhyme.

c)

It emphasizes the strength of his love.

d)

It makes the poem shorter.

6.

What type of figurative language occurs in the following line: “My love is like a red, red rose?”

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

mood

d)

hyperbole

7.

What type of figurative language occurs in the following lines? “And I will love thee still, my dear, Till all the seas go dry.”

a)

metaphor

b)

personification

c)

hyperbole

d)

rhyme

8.

"My love is like a red, red rose" is an example of ___.

a)

free verse

b)

a ballad

c)

a haiku

d)

a lyric poem

9.

Which of the following is a true statement about this poem?


O my Love is like a red, red rose

That newly blooms in June;

O my Love is like the melody

That’s sweetly played in tune.


So fair art thou, my lovely lass,

So deep in love am I;

And I will love thee still, my dear,

Till all the seas go dry.


Till all the seas go dry, my dear,

And the rocks melt with the sun;

I will love thee still, my dear,

While the sands of life shall run.


And fare thee well, my only love!

And fare thee well awhile!

And I will come again, my love,

Though it were ten thousand mile.

a)

There are four stanzas in each line.

b)

There are four lines in each stanza.

c)

There are fourteen words in each verse.

d)

There are eleven words in each line.

10.

Judging from the structure and purpose of this part of “Casey at the Bat,” what type of poem is this?


There was ease in Casey’s manner as he stepped into his place;

There was pride in Casey’s bearing and a smile on Casey’s face.

And when, responding to the cheers, he lightly doffed his hat,

No stranger in the crowd could doubt ’twas Casey at the bat.


Ten thousand eyes were on him as he rubbed his hands with dirt;

Five thousand tongues applauded when he wiped them on his shirt.

Then while the writhing pitcher ground the ball into his hip,

Defiance gleamed in Casey’s eye, a sneer curled Casey’s lip.

a)

a lyric poem

b)

a sonnet

c)

a ballad

d)

free verse

11.

What is the best evidence to help determine if a poem is a ballad?

a)

The poem was 14 lines long.

b)

The poem tells a story and is written in rhyming quatrains.

c)

The poem expresses a character’s emotions about baseball.

d)

The poem does not have any rhythm.

12.

What is the rhyme scheme of the excerpt from “Casey at the Bat?”


There was ease in Casey’s manner as he stepped into his place;

There was pride in Casey’s bearing and a smile on Casey’s face.

And when, responding to the cheers, he lightly doffed his hat,

No stranger in the crowd could doubt ’twas Casey at the bat.

a)

ABBA

b)

ABAB

c)

AABB

d)

DDCC

13.

The line “Defiance gleamed in Casey’s eye, a sneer curled Casey’s lip” expresses the speaker’s attitude toward Casey. Using the connotations of the words “Defiance” and “sneer,” does the speaker seem to have a positive or negative attitude toward Casey at this point in the poem?

a)

positive

b)

negative

14.

Identify the type of figurative language. The snow is a white blanket.

a)

metaphor

b)

simile

c)

personification

d)

hyperbole

15.

Identify the type of figurative language. The flowers danced in the breeze.

a)

metaphor

b)

simile

c)

personification

d)

hyperbole

16.

Identify the type of figurative language. If I've told you once, I've told you a thousand times!

a)

metaphor

b)

simile

c)

personification

d)

hyperbole

17.

Identify the type of figurative language. Her stomach rumbled like an approaching train.

a)

metaphor

b)

simile

c)

personification

d)

hyperbole

18.

Which of the following statements is true?

a)

Denotations and connotations are the same thing.

b)

Two or more words could have the same denotations but different connotations.

c)

A denotation is always more interesting than a connotation.

d)

Denotations can be positive or negative, but connotations are usually neutral.

19.

Consider the following terms. Which has the most positive connotation?

a)

House

b)

Home

c)

Residence

d)

Dwelling

20.

Consider the following headlines. Which one expresses a more favorable view of the development project?

a)

Mall to Destroy 300 Homes

b)

Mall to Bring 3,000 Jobs