Apostrophe Quiz

Apostrophe, in poetry, is a figure of speech in which a character or speaker addresses someone who is/could be _______.

• Absent
• Gone
• Dead
• All of the above

What is the sign that you are reading an apostrophe?

• Thou

• Thee

• O'/oh

What poem did we read by Walt Whitman?

• The Tiger

• O Captain! My Captain!

• Romeo and Juliet

• Hamlet

What happened to the captain?

• He left on a journey

• He died

• He became a pirate

• He was left on a deserted island

Who wrote Juliet's monologue that we listened to in class?

• Walt Whitman

• William Shakespeare

• Emily Dickinson

• William Wordsworth

In the video that we watched about Romeo and Juliet, did Juliet miss Romeo because he was dead or absent from her life?

• Dead

• Absent

What kind of emotion is someone feeling if they write an apostrophe?

• Happiness

• Confusion

• Anger

• Mourning/Sadness

What is an example of apostrophe in poetry?

• The cat sat on the mat.

• Oh, Sun, why do you hide behind the clouds?

• The trees swayed in the breeze.

• The river flowed gracefully through the valley.

In the poem: "Oh, stars, how you glow and gleam, In the sky, you're like a dream, Each night you paint a wondrous story, A sky full of your cosmic glory." What is being addressed?

• The author misses/mourns the star's beauty when it is day time

• The author misses the sun during the night time

• The author is telling a friend about the stars

• The author hates the stars

Which of the following best defines the poetic device known as apostrophe?

• A poem that tells a story through rhymed verses

• A figure of speech where the poet directly addresses an absent person, an object, or an abstract idea.

• A form of punctuation used to separate items in a list within a sentence.

• A descriptive technique that compares two unlike things using "like" or "as."