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WorksheetsSY 21-22 English 10 Final Exam
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 2hrs 5mins
Which poetic device is used in the following sentence?
Toby was as strong as an ox.
metaphor
personification
simile
allusion
The repetition of the same consonant letter or sound at the beginning of a group of words (for example, Sally sells sea shells) is called:
alliteration
assonance
allusion
anthropomorphism
Identify which poetic device is used in the sentence below:
The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plains.
alliteration
metaphor
personification
assonance
The sentence "She is a walking dictionary." is an example of:
personification
metaphor
simile
oxymoron
What is personification?
The same sound being repeated
A word that is a sound
An exaggeration
Giving human characteristics to nonhuman things
Which two poetic devices does the following contain:
You're a mean one, Mr. Grinch
You really are a heel
You're as cuddly as a cactus
You're as charming as an eel
-"You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch"
allusion and symbolism
simile and allusion
metaphor and symbolism
simile and metaphor
The wind whistled through the trees is an example of ____.
simile
metaphor
personification
allusion
The following lines are examples of (select all that apply):
I love to read my book and look at the sky
Filled with thoughts of him that seem to fly by
True rhyme
Internal rhyme
Impure/half rhyme
Eye rhyme
Which of the following is an example of consonance?
My mama made me mash my M&Ms.
He struck a streak of bad luck.
Dan sat and napped.
When Elizabeth Acevedo says, "...this shipwrecked history of hair" she...
is talking about how her hair looks as bad as a shipwreck
is making a connection between her current hair and her ancestors who were slaves
is just saying it so her poem has alliteration
What assumptions can be made about Acevedo's mother? Select all that apply.
She wears her hair straight.
She assimilates to fit into the norms of "white America"
She doesn't like her natural hair
Who hates whom in the phrase "did they imagine that their great grand-children would look like us, and would hate them how we do?"
Her mother hates the younger generation
The current generation hates their ancestors
Her ancestors would hate her hair
What connection does Acevedo make between straight hair and her ancestors?
Her ancestors had straight hair.
Her ancestors were beaten and oppressed like her mother wants to do to her hair.
There is no correlation (connection) because she doesn't know her ancestors.
How does Acevedo suggest she will raise her children? Select all that apply.
With natural, curly hair
To appreciate her heritage and diversity
To fix their hair so her mother will be proud
In "To Pimp a Butterfly" mainly uses the caterpillar and butterfly as a(n)
metaphor of his own transformation
example of personification
allusion to an old folklore
True or False? The caterpillar represents Kendrick Lamar's life before stardom?
True
False
True or False? The butterfly that was "pimped" was someone else that Lamar took advantage of in order to become successful.
True
False
True or False? The transformation of the caterpillar into a butterfly represents someone who struggles and goes unnoticed, but whose talents will eventually be noticed and praised.
True
False
Who adopted baby Oedipus?
A shepherd family
King Polybus and Queen Merope of Corinth
No one - he lived on his own forever
Sophocles and Aristotle
What does Oedipus do when he hears the prophecy (that he will kill his father and marry his mother)?
He runs away
He hides his adoptive parents so they'll be safe
He goes ahead and kills his adoptive father
He kills the Oracle
What happens after he leaves Corinth? (must select all correct answers)
He meets a stranger on the road
He fights with a stranger about who gets to pass first
He kills a stranger
What is the reward the people of Thebes give Oedipus for defeating the Sphinx? (must select all correct answers)
They make him King of Thebes
They give him a million dollars
They give him the wife of the old king
They worship him like a god
Who was Queen Jocasta? (must select all correct answers)
The wife of King Laius
The wife of Oedipus
Queen of Thebes
Oedipus's mother
What does Queen Jocasta do when she finds out Oedipus is actually her son?
She divorces him
She kills him
She kills herself
She stays married to him
What does Oedipus do when he sees Jocasta is dead? (must select all correct answers)
He kills himself
He runs away
He gouges out his eyes
He continues to be king
