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TYPES OF POETRY UNIT TEST

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DIRECTIONS
Read the poem below and answer the questions that follow.

Flowers withering
beneath the weight of the sun.
Yet the weeds stand proud.
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The poem above is an example of _______________________________.

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Line #3 is an example of what type of figurative language?

Directions
Read the poem below and answer the questions that follow.


There was a young fellow of Wheeling Endowed with such delicate feeling When he read on the door, "Don't spit on the floor" He jumped up and spat on the ceiling!
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The above poem is an example of a _______________.

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Identify the pattern/rhyme scheme in the above poem.

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Choose the word that best describes the tone of the above poem

Directions
Read the poem below and answer the questions that follow.


Silly Sally
When Silly Sally irons her clothes, they come out looking awful.
She did not read the label and her iron was meant to waffle.
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Identify the alliteration in the poem.

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The above poem is an example of a ____________.

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What TWO (2) words make up the rhyme scheme/pattern in the above poem?

DIRECTIONS
Read the poem below and answer the questions that follow.

Excerpt from Hope is the Thing with Feathers by Emily Dickinson

"Hope" is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul
And sings the tune without the words
And never stops at all
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The above stanza is an example of a ___________________.

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What is the author personifying in the above stanza?

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What is hope being compared to in the above poem?

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The comparison mentioned in the last question is an example of a...

DIRECTIONS
Read the poem and answer the questions that follow.

Excerpt from Annabel Lee by Edgar Allan Poe (1849)

1 It was many and many a year ago,
2 In a kingdom by the sea,
3 That a maiden lived whom you may know
4 By the name of Annabel Lee; —
5 And this maiden she lived with no other thought
6 Than to love and be loved by me.
7 She was a child and I was a child,
8 In this kingdom by the sea,
9 But we loved with a love that was more than love —
10 I and my Annabel Lee —
11 With a love that the wingéd seraphs of Heaven
12 Coveted her and me.
13 And this was the reason that, long ago,
14 In this kingdom by the sea,
15 A wind blew out of a cloud by night
16 Chilling my Annabel Lee;
17 So that her high-born kinsmen came
18 And bore her away from me,
19 To shut her up, in a sepulchre
20 In this kingdom by the sea.
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Which lines does the author use to show repetition .

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The above excerpt is an example of a ______________________________ poem.

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The author’s choice of words in the above poem is used to portray ________________.

DIRECTIONS
Read the following poem and answer the questions that follow.
Mermaid Song by Kim Addonizio
Damp-haired from the bath, you drape yourself upside down across the sofa, reading, one hand idly sunk into a bowl of crackers, goldfish with smiles stamped on. I think they are growing gills, swimming up the sweet air to reach you. Small girl, my slim miracle.
In the black hours when I lie sleepless, near drowning, dread-heavy, your face is the bright lure I look for, love's hook piercing me, hauling me cleanly up.
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The above poem is an example of ___________________.

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What is the author mostly describing in the above poem?

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List 4 words that the author uses to shape the mood of the poem.

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Which line contains an example of alliteration?

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Which of the following is a metaphor?

Directions: Read the two poems below. CREATE Venn Diagram to distinguish between the authors’ use of sound devices and figurative language (alliteration, onomatopoeia, rhyme, rhythm, repetition, simile, metaphor, hyperbole, personification). For example, if both poems use alliteration, write "alliteration" in the middle of the Venn diagram. If only one of the poems uses a alliteration, write "alliteration" on that poems individual side. Have AT LEAST two entries in each section (six entries total).
POEM #1
The Adventures of Isabel by Ogden Nash

Isabel met an enormous bear,
Isabel, Isabel, didn't care;
The bear was hungry, the bear was ravenous,
The bear's big mouth was cruel and cavernous.
The bear said, Isabel, glad to meet you,
How do, Isabel, now I'll eat you!

POEM #2
Buzz goes the blue fly
Hum goes the bee,
Buzz and Hum they cry
And so do we.
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Compare and contrast between the 6 poetic forms: (Haiku, Limerick, Couplet, Quatrain, Ballad and Free Verse). In other words, explain how they are similar and different. Your answer MUST be in paragraph form and have complete sentences.