Poetry Unit - Preassessment

This sentence contains a sound device, a common type of figurative language. What is it?

Under Friday night lights, Phillip fumbled the football and lost the big game.

• alliteration

• allusion

• onomatopoeia

• personfication

Which sentences feature personification?

• The flowers stood at attention along the pathway.

• Miley sang her heart out at the NCAA tournament.

• Despite the student's pleading, the pencil refused to write expressively

• The burger sizzled and crackled on the grill.

Authors, poets, and songwriters all use allusion in their writing. What is allusion?

• the repetition of vowel sounds within neighboring words

• the pattern of end rhyme in a poem

• a reference to a well-known person, place, event, artwork, or literary work that draws a comparison or makes a connection

• an extreme exaggeration for effect

What is the rhyme scheme for Robert Frost's "Nothing Gold Can Stay"?

• ABABABAB

• AABBAABB

• ABCDABCD

• AABBCCDD

Answer explanation

This form of writing often uses imagery, rhyme, or rhythm to create an emotional response.

• Prose

• Poetry

• Narrative

• Non-Fiction

Which type of figurative language is used in this poem?

Booming and Banging

thunder in the air

Crashing and Rumbling

waves against wet rock

• metaphor

• allusion

• onomatopoeia

• personification

Answer explanation

Onomatopoeia - a word which imitates the natural sounds of something. It creates a sound effect that mimics the thing described.

Which poetic device is demonstrated in this poem?

“The woods are lovely, dark, and deep,

But I have promises to keep,

And miles to go before I sleep,

And miles to go before I sleep.”

• free verse

• repetition

• symbolism

• theme

The attitude the author has towards the subject of his/her writing. This is established by the author’s word choice.

• mood

• tone

• vocabulary

• simile

In poetry, this is a grouped set of lines within a poem.

• lines

• paragraphs

• stanzas

• sentences

Find the two similes in this verse.

I'm headed Downtown,

cruising through the alley

Tip-toeing in the street like ballet

Pulled up, moped to the valet

Whitewalls on the wheels like mayonnaise

• Whitewalls on the wheels like mayonnaise

• Pulled up, moped to the valet

• Tip-toeing in the street like ballet

• cruising through the alley