English Unit 6 Test
Identify the elements of poetry used in the bold example. "Reel'd from the saber-like / shatter'd and sunder'd" (from "The Charge of the Light Brigade" by Alfred, Lord Tennyson).
alliteration
A(n) ____________ is a song-like poem that tells an exciting story.
ballad
The written text of a play is called a(n) _____________.
script
____________ is a poem that does not have a regular rhyme scheme or meter.
free verse
____________ are stylistic elements such as word placement and capitalization.
graphical elements
A(n) ____________ is a three line poem arranged according to the number of syllables.
haiku
Identify the elements of poetry used in the bold example. "Then from five thousand throats and more there rose a lusty yell; . . . /it knocked upon the mountain and recoiled up the flat; / for Casey, mighty Casey, was advancing to the bat." (from Casey at the Bat" by Ernest Thayer).
hyperbole
Identify the elements of poetry used in the bold example. "And when the dust had lifted, and men saw what had occurred, / there was Jimmy safe at second and Flynn a-hugging third." (from "Casey at the Bat").
idiom
Read the poem and answer the question that follows. "Summer Shower" By Emily Dickinson A Drop fell on the Apple Tree - Another - on the Roof - A Half a Dozen kissed the Eaves - And made the Gables laugh - A few went out to help the Brook That went to help the Sea - Myself Conjectured were they Pearls - What Necklaces could be - What does the word conjectured mean based on the context of the poem, "Summer Shower"?
imagined
Read the poem and answer the question that follows. "Summer Storm" By Sara Teasdale The panther wind Leaps out of the night, The snake of lightning Is twisting and white, The lion of thunder Roars, and we Sit still and content Under a tree, We have met fate together And love and pain, Why should we fear The wrath of the rain! What line from the poem, "Summer Storm," is the best example of imagery?
"is twisting and white"
Read the poem and answer the question that follows. "Summer Storm" By Sara Teasdale The panther wind Leaps out of the night, The snake of lightning Is twisting and white, The lion of thunder Roars, and we Sit still and content Under a tree, We have met fate together And love and pain, Why should we fear The wrath of the rain! What is the rhyme scheme of the poem, "Summer Storm"?
ABCB
Read the poem and answer the question that follows. "A Time to Talk" by Robert Frost When a friend calls to me from the road And slows his horse to a meaning walk, I don't stand still and look around On all the hills I haven't hoed, And shout from where I am, What is it? No, not as there is a time to talk. I thrust my hoe in the mellow ground, Blade-end up and five feet tall, And plod: I go up to the stone wall For a friendly visit. What is the topic of the poem?
a man working in the field who stops his work to visit with a friend
Read the following poems and answer the question that follows. "Father William" by Lewis Carroll (1832-1898) "You are old, Father William," the young man said, "And your hair has become very white; And yet you incessantly stand on your head-- Do you think, at your age, it is right?" "In my youth," Father William replied to his son, "I feared it might injure the brain; But, now that I'm perfectly sure I have none, Why, I do it again and again." "You are old," said the youth, "as I mentioned before, And have grown most uncommonly fat; Yet you turned a back-somersault in at the door-- Pray, what is the reason of that?" "In my youth," said the sage, as he shook his gray locks, "I kept all my limbs very supple By the use of this ointment -- one shilling the box -- Allow me to sell you a couple?" "You are old," said the youth, "and your jaws are too weak For anything tougher than suet; Yet you finished the goose, with the bones and the beak-- Pray, how did you manage to do it?" "In my youth," said his father, "I took to the law, And argued each case with my wife; And the muscular strength which it gave to my jaw Has lasted the rest of my life." "You are old," said the youth, "one would hardly suppose That your eye was as steady as ever; Yet you balanced an eel on the end of your nose-- What made you so awfully clever?" "I have answered three questions, and that is enough," Said his father; "don't give yourself airs! Do you think I can listen all day to such stuff? Be off, or I'll kick you down-stairs!" "The Old Man's Comforts and How He Gained Them" by Robert Southey You are old, Father William, the young man cried, The few locks which are left you are grey; You are hale, Father William, a hearty old man, Now tell me the reason I pray. In the days of my youth, Father William replied, I remember'd that youth would fly fast, And abused not my health and my vigor at first That I never might need them at last. You are old, Father William, the young man cried, And pleasures with youth pass away, And yet you lament not the days that are gone, Now tell me the reason I pray. In the days of my youth, Father William replied, I remember'd that youth could not last; I thought of the future whatever I did, That I never might grieve for the past. Say the similarities the two poems share.
both are about "father William"; four stanzas or lines each; both have rhyme schemes
Read the following poem and answer the question that follows. (NOTE: the stanzas are numbered) "The Brook" By Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1) I chatter over stony ways, In little sharps and trebles, I bubble into eddying bays, I babble on the pebbles. (2) I wind about, and in and out, With here a blossom sailing, And here and there a lusty trout, And here and there a grayling, (3) I steal by lawns and grassy plots, I slide by hazel covers; I move the sweet forget-me-nots That grow for happy lovers. (4) I slip, I slide, I gloom, I glance, Among my skimming swallows; I make the netted sunbeam dance Against my sandy shallows. (5) I murmur under moon and stars In brambly wildernesses; I linger by my shingly bars; I loiter round my cresses; (6) And out again I curve and flow To join the brimming river, For men may come and men may go, But I go on for ever. Say TWO purposes of the repetition of the phrase in the first and last stanzas?
creates unity throughout the poem; emphasizes an idea
The words spoken by actors in a drama are called _________.
dialogue
Read the poem and answer the question that follows. "Summer Shower" By Emily Dickinson A Drop fell on the Apple Tree - Another - on the Roof - A Half a Dozen kissed the Eaves - And made the Gables laugh - A few went out to help the Brook That went to help the Sea - Myself Conjectured were they Pearls - What Necklaces could be - What is the effect of the figurative language in the poem, "Summer Shower"?
it makes the rain seem human-like and playful
Read the Prologue (Introduction) to Romeo and Juliet; then, answer the question that follows. Enter CHORUS. CHORUS: Two households, both alike in dignity, In fair Verona, where we lay our scene, From ancient grudge break to new mutiny, Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean. From forth the fatal loins of these two foes A pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life; Whose misadventured piteous overthrows Do with their death bury their parents' strife. The fearful passage of their death-mark'd love, And the continuance of their parents' rage, Which, but their children's end, nought could remove, Is now the two hours' traffic of our stage; The which if you with patient ears attend, What here shall miss, our toil shall strive to mend. Exit How is this drama different from a story written in prose?
it uses mainly dialogue to tell the story
Read the two poems and answer the question that follows. "Summer Storm" By Sara Teasdale The panther wind Leaps out of the night, The snake of lightning Is twisting and white, The lion of thunder Roars, and we Sit still and content Under a tree, We have met fate together And love and pain, Why should we fear The wrath of the rain! "Summer Shower" By Emily Dickinson A Drop fell on the Apple Tree - Another - on the Roof - A Half a Dozen kissed the Eaves - And made the Gables laugh - A few went out to help the Brook That went to help the Sea - Myself Conjectured were they Pearls - What Necklaces could be - Both "Summer Storm" and "Summer Shower" are _____ poems.
lyric
Read the poem and answer the question that follows. "Summer Storm" By Sara Teasdale The panther wind Leaps out of the night, The snake of lightning Is twisting and white, The lion of thunder Roars, and we Sit still and content Under a tree, We have met fate together And love and pain, Why should we fear The wrath of the rain! The main type of figurative language used in the poem, "Summer Storm," is _________.
metaphor
The ___________ is the rhythmical pattern of the stressed syllables in a poem.
meter
Identify the elements of poetry used in the example. "The roofs are shining from the rain, / The sparrows twitter as they fly, / And with a windy April grace/ The little clouds go by." (from "April" by Sara Teasdale).
onomatopoeia
A(n) ___________ is a poem that imitates another poem for the purpose of humor.
parody
___________ is the normal form of written language.
prose
Read the following poem and answer the question that follows. "The Old Man's Comforts and How He Gained Them" by Robert Southey You are old, Father William, the young man cried, The few locks which are left you are grey; You are hale, Father William, a hearty old man, Now tell me the reason I pray. In the days of my youth, Father William replied, I remember'd that youth would fly fast, And abused not my health and my vigor at first That I never might need them at last. You are old, Father William, the young man cried, And pleasures with youth pass away, And yet you lament not the days that are gone, Now tell me the reason I pray. In the days of my youth, Father William replied, I remember'd that youth could not last; I thought of the future whatever I did, That I never might grieve for the past. Describe the tone of the poem "The Old Man's Comforts and How He Gained Them".
serious
Identify the elements of poetry used in the bold example. "All morning I thought how proud it would be/ To stand there straight as a queen-" (from "The Long Hill" by Sara Teasdale).
simile
Words such as "Enter Chorus" and "Exit" are called _________.
stage directions
A(n) ___________ is a person, place or thing that stands for something else.
symbol
Read the two poems and answer the question that follows. "Summer Storm" By Sara Teasdale The panther wind Leaps out of the night, The snake of lightning Is twisting and white, The lion of thunder Roars, and we Sit still and content Under a tree, We have met fate together And love and pain, Why should we fear The wrath of the rain! "Summer Shower" By Emily Dickinson A Drop fell on the Apple Tree - Another - on the Roof - A Half a Dozen kissed the Eaves - And made the Gables laugh - A few went out to help the Brook That went to help the Sea - Myself Conjectured were they Pearls - What Necklaces could be - Which statement best expresses the feelings of the speakers in both poems?
the speakers are amused by the storm
Read the Prologue (Introduction) to Romeo and Juliet; then, answer the question that follows. Enter CHORUS. CHORUS: Two households, both alike in dignity, In fair Verona, where we lay our scene, From ancient grudge break to new mutiny, Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean. From forth the fatal loins of these two foes A pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life; Whose misadventured piteous overthrows Do with their death bury their parents' strife. The fearful passage of their death-mark'd love, And the continuance of their parents' rage, Which, but their children's end, nought could remove, Is now the two hours' traffic of our stage; The which if you with patient ears attend, What here shall miss, our toil shall strive to mend. Exit This play is a ________, because
tragedy. . . it shows the downfall of the major characters
