STAAR Review Poetry

Select one example of a graphic element in a poem.

• pictures

• illustrations

• word position

• title

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.

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

• capital/lowercase letters

• line length

• word position

• illustrations

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.

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

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

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.

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

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

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"

"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