Graphical Elements in Poetry

1.

Multiple Choice

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Select one example of a graphic element in a poem.

pictures

illustrations

word position

title

2.

Multiple Choice

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

distract the reader.

emphasize a word/concept.

make a poem pretty.

3.

Multiple Choice

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

capital/lowercase letters

line length

word position

illustrations

4.

Multiple Choice

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What kind of poem form is "A Mouse's Tale?"

Limerick

List Poem

Concrete Poem

Haiku

5.

Multiple Select

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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.

6.

Multiple Choice

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What is a metaphor?

a figure of speech where you compare two things using the words 'like' or 'as.'

a figure of speech that is not to be taken literally. It is a slang phrase or saying used in a given language.

a figure of speech where a word or phrase is applied to an object or action in a way that cannot be taken literally

7.

Multiple Choice

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What 2 examples of figurative language in this stanza of the lyrics mean that 'things won't turn out as bad as you think.'

'if you lose your composure' and 'the homecoming queen cries'

'showing what's under your skin' and 'not everything pretty sparkles when it shines'

'the world wouldn't end' and 'the sky wouldn't fall'

8.

Multiple Choice

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What does the metaphor 'sweep it under the rug' mean?

Hide what's really going on and act like everything is fine

Clean your house and hide the dirt under an actual rug

You're too lazy to throw your garbage in the trash

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Multiple Choice

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What does it mean when the writer says she's 'walking on eggshells?'

She is like Cinderella and always has to clean up the house.

She has to be very careful not to offend someone or do anything wrong when she's at home.

It's similar to walking on hot coals.

10.

Multiple Choice

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How does the speaker describe being Somebody?

something she wishes she was

exciting

dreary

11.

Multiple Choice

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_______________, or punctuation and capitalization, are used to create meaning or add effect in poetry.

Graphical elements

Meter

Poetic structure

12.

Multiple Choice

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The dashes in lines 5-6 mainly affect the poem by _____ .

breaking the flow of language so the poem is easier to read

drawing the reader's attention to the writer's humorous comparison that being "Somebody" is like being a frog

acting like periods to indicate the end of a thought

13.

Multiple Choice

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___________ occurs when the outcome of a situation is the opposite of what was expected.

Example - The famous fable, The Tortoise and the Hare, where the slow turtle wins a race against a fast rabbit.

Situational irony

Dramatic irony

Verbal irony

14.

Multiple Choice

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________ is was occurs when a person says one thing and means another.

Example: saying "What a beautiful day!" when it is raining.

Situational irony

Dramatic irony

Verbal irony

15.

Multiple Choice

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The speaker's statement in line 5 in ironic because the speaker ____ .

uses a negative words but her meaning is positive

says the opposite of what is generally expected

makes readers laugh by making fun of her own shyness

16.

Multiple Choice

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The speaker identifies herself as _________ .

Nobody (in line 1) because she is a private person

Somebody (in line 5) because she is famous

a Frog (line 6) because she lives near a bog

17.

Multiple Choice

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The word Somebody in line 5 is capitalized in the poem because -

the poet does not know how to capitalize properly

it is the proper name of a character in the poem

it coveys an idea of being well known

18.

Multiple Choice

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Poetry is written in ________ that can be a sentence, phrase, or a singe word.

lines

poets

stanzas

19.

Multiple Choice

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A ______ is one or more lines of poetry and is similar to a paragraph in other types of writing.

poem

stanza

poet device

20.

Multiple Choice

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Once upon a dreary day a boat left port to sail the bay.

This is an example of _________ .

rhyme scheme

stanza

incorrect grammar

21.

Multiple Choice

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The fall leaves were like broken glass beneath his feet.

This is an example of _________ .

sound device

rhyme scheme

imagery

22.

Multiple Choice

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Onomatopoeia is..

Makes a comparison in which something that is not human is described with human like qualities

The use of words to imitate the sounds they describe

Figurative language

23.

Multiple Choice

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What is the following statement an example of?
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly

Simile

Metaphor

24.

Multiple Choice

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Groups of lines in a poem are called

stanzas

sections

paragraphs

parts

25.

Multiple Choice

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"She is my sword and my shield," is an example of--?

a Simile

a Metaphor

an Alliteration

An Onomatopoeia

26.

Multiple Choice

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Giving an animal or inanimate object human qualities or emotions is an example of a--

Simile

Personification

Metaphor

Alliteration

27.

Multiple Choice

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"The cars growled in the traffic" is an example of--

Personification

Alliteration

Simile

Rhyme

28.

Multiple Choice

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Read the following poem by Yosa Buson

Light of the moon/

Moves west, flowers' shadows/

Creep eastward.

The poet's use of short line lengths helps create and enhance the poem's___

Mysteriousness

Sadness

Hopefulness

29.

Multiple Choice

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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

30.

Multiple Choice

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Graphic elements in poetry include--

Stanzas

Capital Letters

Word Positioning

All the Above

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