2018 Grade 9 Poetry Quiz Review

A phrase that is an exaggeration that cannot possibly be true?

T/F: The placement of the lines in "Uncoiling" was not related to the poem.

What three things or people are emphasized in "Analysis of Baseball"?

The voices “Rumbled from the mountaintop...hillside” is an example of

What type of poetry does not follow a rhyme scheme or structure?

A comparison of two unlike thinks using like or as...

"Wind-wavering." "clinging on cliffs," "surface of stone," and "human hands" are examples of ?

T/F: The narrator in "A Voice" is the mother

T/F: In Twister Hits Houston, all the characters are very concerned about the storm

Ball hits/bat, or it/ hits mitt.

"Stink like rotten meat"

Which poem is an example of a narrative?

"Boulders retreat like crabs" is an example

T/F: In Casey at the Bat, Casey is not confident in himself.

"Tossing her hair" describes the storm. This is an example of

What type of poetry tells a story?

"Life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly" is a

Giving human qualities to a nonhuman object

Waiting for a pitch compared to two people flirting without using like or as

"BAM!" " Buzz" are what types of figurative language?

A phrase that compares two unlike things. "A shallow should not spend/all its time singing;"

"press an ear against its hive" repetition of consonant sounds at the end of the words- called?

What does the line “Cooney died at second” mean?

When the poet appeals to the reader's senses he/she is implementing what?

In Analysis of Baseball the ball "mates" "waits" and "flirts" examples of?

"sleep, sand stinging" sound device?

face-on-trace-anon are the 4 final words in the first 4 lines of a poem.....Rhyme Scheme?

"Some say" example of

"Their wives run round like banshees" does NOT contain which of the following?