STAAR Review Poetry

Select one example of a graphic element in a poem.

• pictures

• illustrations

• word position

• title

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

Choose the BEST ANSWER: An author mainly uses a graphical element to...

• distract the reader.

• emphasize a word/concept.

• make a poem pretty.

• get paid more.

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CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

Which of the following is NOT an example of a graphical element in poetry.

• capital/lowercase letters

• line length

• word position

• illustrations

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CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RL.6.7

This World is not Conclusion

By Emily Dickinson

This World is not Conclusion.

A Species stands beyond—

Invisible, as Music—

But positive, as Sound—

It beckons, and it baffles—

In the poem above, Emily Dickinson uses capitalization to... (more than one correct answer)

• draw the reader's attention to capitalized words.

• emphasize the capitalized words and their meaning.

• confuse her reader.

• teach her reader about capitalizing proper nouns.

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

Birds bathe backward in the birdbath. This is an example of what element?

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

Which of the following is an example of hyperbole?

• The hyperactive hypocrite ran his mouth.
• It was so hot, the sun was melting.
• Hundreds of flies swarmed around the dead squirrel.
• She was too tall to sit in the car comfortably.

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CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Read the following poem by Yosa Buson
Light of the moon/
Moves west, flowers' shadows/
Creep eastward.
The poet's use of short sentences helps create and enhance the poem's___

• Mysteriousness
• Sadness
• Ominousness
• Hopefulness

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

Read Robert Frost's poem, "Nothing Gold Can Stay."
"Nature's first green is gold/
Her hardest hue to hold/
Her early leaf's a flower/
But only so an hour/
Then leaf subsides to leaf/
So Eden sank to grief/
So dawn goes down to day/
Nothing gold can stay/
The final line, "Nothing gold can stay," suggests that the speaker feels a sense of --

• Melancholy and Sadness
• Regret
• Bitterness
• Anger

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

In Robert Frost's poem, "Nothing Gold Can Stay," which line from the poem best suggests that both life and nature are brief and temporary?

• "Nature's first green is gold"
• "Then leaf subsides to leaf"
• "So Eden sank to grief"
• "But only so an hour"

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

"The assignment was a breeze," is a metaphor used to convey--

• just blows by, so will the assignment
• that the assignment was not difficult
• that the assignment flew by
• that the b breeze seemed cold

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4