Poetry Quiz ("If"/"Nothing Gold Can Stay")

The word virtue in line 25 means:

• morally good behavior or character

• things that are bad

• wealth

• friends

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The way the poet uses Nature is an example of what type of figurative language?

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

Line 2 of the poem contains what type of literary device?

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Symbolism

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

What types of stanzas does this poet use in the poem "If?"

• quatrains

• couplets

• tercets

• octaves

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

Who is the speaker in this poem?

• The poet

• A narrator

• A father

• A son

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

What is gold and example of in line 1 of the poem?

• symbol

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

Which option best represents what the poet is saying in line 1 of the poem?

• In the fall, all of the leaves turn to gold

• In the beginning of spring, the first greening of the plants is a priceless moment.

• When plants give off their fruit in the spring, that's when farmers make money

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CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RL.6.7

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

What is the rhyme scheme of the first stanza?

• AABB

  AABB

• ABAB

  CDCD

• There is no rhyme scheme

• ABCD

  ABCD

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

Triumph and Disaster in line 10 are capitalized for what purpose?

• To show that they are opposites

• They are personified

• The poet made a typo

• It's onomatopoeia

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

When the poet references Eden in line 6, what is this an example of?

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

• Allusion

• Simile

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5