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- 1. Multiple Choice
Read the passage.
Áh! ás the heart grows older
It will come to such sights colder
By and by, nor spare a sigh
Though worlds of wanwood leafmeal lie;
Which best interprets how Hopkins' use of imagery helps create meaning in the poem?
It shows the reader how the seasons change slowly.
It illustrates the point that over time, people are less and less affected by death.
It reveals that fallen leaves symbolize fallen soldiers.
- 2. Multiple Choice
Read the passage.
Márgarét, áre you gríeving
Over Goldengrove unleaving?
Which best interprets how Hopkins' use of the underlined imagery creates meaning in the poem?
it shows the reader how the seasons change slowly.
It illustrates the idea that autumn is a time of death.
It reveals that fallen leaves symbolize fallen soldiers.
- 3. Multiple Choice
Which is NOT a theme of "Spring and Fall"?
Everyone must face his or her own death eventually.
The loss of a child's innocence should be mourned.
Children cannot understand death.
- 4. Multiple Choice
Review the phrases from "July."
"lilies ... / Bow to the butterfly" and "poppies flame in the rye" in "July"?
Which best identifies the literary device represented by these phrases and interprets its effect?
The lines use metaphors and describe how the heat affects the flowers.
The lines use personification and explain which flowers bloom in summer.
The lines use personification and help readers visualize the shape and color of the flowers.
- 5. Multiple Choice
Read the passage.
While barred clouds bloom the soft-dying day,
And touch the stubble-plains with rosy hue;
Which best explains how the mood in this passage creates meaning in the poem "To Autumn"?
The sad mood emphasizes the coming of winter.
The happy mood emphasizes the arrival of spring.
The joyful mood tells the reader that death is only a stage of life.
- 6. Multiple Choice
Read the passage from "It Sifts from Leaden Sieves."
It reaches to the Fence -
It wraps it Rail by Rail
Till it is lost in Fleeces -
Which poetic device is demonstrated in the passage? What is its meaning?
personification; snow reaches
metaphor; snow is a bully
simile; snow is like a fence
- 7. Multiple Choice
What does it mean for a word to have a "positive connotation"?
a nice way of saying something
the dictionary definition
the opposite of what you really mean
- 8. Multiple Choice
Read the passage from "A Night Ride in a Prairie Schooner."
He was a small edition of his father. He wore the same color and check in his hickory shirt and his long pantaloons of blue denim had suspenders precisely like those of the men. Indeed, he considered himself a man, notwithstanding
the tear-stains on his brown cheeks.
Which best interprets the purpose of the underlined imagery?
It shows the reader that the boy is not very tough.
It suggests that the boy is unhappy with this move.
It reveals that the boy's mother is not taking care of him.
- 9. Multiple Choice
Which sentence does not use homophones correctly?
After Caleb said good-bye, he went by the market to buy spaghetti sauce.
When I am chili after a day of skiing, nothing tastes better than a big bowl of chilly.
Everyone knows that the human nose never stops growing.
The fruit seller at the farmer's market said I could store apples for months in the cellar.
- 10. Multiple Choice
Read the passage.
"Come here, Lincoln," said Mr. Stewart. "Here we are, out of sight of the works of man. Not a house in sight--climb up here and see."
Which detail helps the reader visualize the prairie setting?
"Come here, Lincoln," said Mr. Stewart.
"Here we are,"
"Not a house in sight..."
- 11. Multiple Choice
Read the passage.
Many a forenoon have I stolen away, preferring to spend thus the most valued part of the day; for I was rich, if not in money, in sunny hours and summer days, and spent them lavishly; nor do I regret that I did not waste more of them in the workshop or the teacher's desk.
Which is the best inference one could draw from this passage?
Thoreau is lonely
Thoreau thinks formal education is useless
Thoreau is very independent.
- 12. Multiple Choice
Read the passage.
"...it illuminated within itself the six- or eight-foot-long bodies of twisting sharks."
Which best explains how the use of the underlined term adds to the meaning of the passage?
It creates a calm image
It allows the reader to imagine what death is like
It brings beauty to a passage dedicated to danger and fear.
- 13. Multiple Choice
Read the scenario.
You are writing a descriptive essay about your favorite family camping spot.
Which best describes the purpose and audience for this essay?
to explain how wonderful this place is; someone who has not been there
to persuade the audience not to go there; your friends
To illustrate the beauty of nature; your siblings
- 14. Multiple Choice
Which best explains how the roles of Tarenyawago in "Sayadio in Spirit-land" and Odin in "Valhalla: Hall of the Chosen Slain" differ?
Tarenyawago is meek while Odin gives orders.
Tarenyawago acts as a guide while Odin is clearly in charge.
Tarenyawago us a dictator while while Odin acts as a guide.
- 15. Multiple Choice
Which best explains how the afterlife in "Sayadio in Spirit-land" differs from that in "Valhalla: Hall of the Chosen Slain"?
In "Sayadio in Spirit-land," the afterlife is like a vacation while in "Valhalla: Hall of the Chosen Slain," it is nothing but hard work.
In "Sayadio in Spirit-land," the afterlife is full of joy while in "Valhalla: Hall of the Chosen Slain," it is based on playing war games and feasting.
In "Sayadio in Spirit-land," the afterlife is about punishment while in "Valhalla: Hall of the Chosen Slain," it is based on pleasure.
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