Academic Words for Poems - Quiz for 9th Grade

What does point-of-view mean? Pick the best choice.

• A. the perspective that the reader wants to see the events of the story like first, second, or third.

• B. the perspective that the narrator holds in relation to the events of the story like first, second, or third.

• C. the perspective that the narrator holds in relation to the events of the story without first, second, or third.

• D. All of the above

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

What point-of-view is the line told in as followed:

"Whose woods these are I think I know."

• A. First person

• B. Second person

• C. Third person

• D. A and B

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

What does internal conflict mean?

• A. is the struggle occurring outside a character's mind

• B. is the struggle occurring from others drama and trouble

• C. is the struggle occurring within a character's mind

• D. is the struggle occurring within and outside a character's mind

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What does resolution mean?

• A. a playful decision to do or not to do something

• B. a soft decision to do or not to do something

• C. an easy decision to do or not to do something.

• D. a firm decision to do or not to do something

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

What does metaphor mean?

• A. a figure of speech that expresses an action or describes an object by comparing it with other objects, which are generally not related

• B. a figure of speech that expresses an action or describes an object by not comparing it with other objects, which are generally not related

• C. a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid

• D. a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, not used to make a description more emphatic or vivid

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Pick an example of a metaphor.

• A. The snow looks like paper white.

• B. She swims like a dolphin.

• C. Stan is cool as a cucumber.

• D. Reading opens many doors.

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

What does extended metaphor mean?

• A. a literary term that refers to a short metaphorical comparison that can last an entire poem

• B. a literary term that refers to a medium metaphorical comparison that can last an entire poem

• C. a literary term that refers to a long metaphorical comparison that can last an entire poem

• D. None of the above

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What does mood mean?

• A. is the attitude that its style implies

• B. a firm decision to do or not to do something

• C. refers to the emotional response that the writer wishes to evoke in the reader through a story

• D. A and B

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What does Connotative mean?

• A. is the literal meaning of a word

• B. is sometimes the emotion or association a word has beyond its literal meaning

• C. is somewhat the literal meaning of a word

• D. is the emotion or association a word has beyond its literal meaning

What does denotative mean?

• A. is sometimes literal meaning of a word

• B. is not the literal meaning of a word

• C. is the literal meaning of a word

• D. None of the above

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4