Out of the Dust Test Review

Question 1

In what part of the United States did the Dust Bowl occur?

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across the Great Plains states

Question 2

Which is NOT a factor that ended the Dust Bowl?

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complaints by those living in cities

Question 3

Which is NOT a cause of the Dust Bowl?

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a change in political parties

Question 4

What is a casual reference to something in our culture - history, music, movies, etc.?

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allusion

Question 5

The dinner-plate-size cereus plant Billie Joe walked to see was a ______ for beauty and hope.

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symbol

Question 6

"....when the Wonder Bread door / banged shut behind me" (17) uses

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onomatopoeia

Question 7

Rhyme within a line of poetry, like "bare as a pear" (55) is called

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internal rhyme

Question 8

The Dust Bowl affected

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all of the above

Question 9

"...down our road, against our house, across our fields..." (57) is

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parallelism

Question 10

"...a red dust / hot and peppery, / searing the inside of my nose" (46) uses

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imagery

Question 11

What is a humorous play on words, resulting in double meanings?

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pun

Question 12

"She's an old mule on the subject of my schooling" (10).

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metaphor

Question 13

Out of the Dust has no regular rhyme or meter, so it's

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free verse

Question 14

"Permission to play at the Palace" (12) has

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alliteration

Question 15

What is a comparison of two items without using "like" or "as"?

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metaphor

Question 16

The narrator of a short story = the __________ of a poem.

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speaker

Question 17

What is writing that invokes your senses?

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imagery

Question 18

What is a statement that seems impossible yet contains truth?

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paradox

Question 19

A combination of two opposite terms is called a(n)

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oxymoron

Question 20

What is a comparison of two things using "like" or "as"?

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simile

Question 21

A paragraph in prose = a __________ in poetry

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stanza

Question 22

What is an exaggeration or overstatement to make a point?

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hyperbole

Question 23

During what decade did the Dust Bowl occur?

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1930s

Question 24

How the poem is arranged on the page is called its

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form

Question 25

End rhyme is marked with letters of the alphabet, producing

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rhyme scheme

Question 26

Karen Hesse uses the phrase "out of the dust" frequently. This reoccurring use is

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repetition

Question 27

What is repeated vowel sounds in nearby words?

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assonance

Question 28

"....lightening danced down on its spindly legs" (31) uses

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personification

Question 29

What is a word that imitates the sound it represents?

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onomatopoeia

Question 30

The repetition of beginning consonant sounds is called

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alliteration

Question 31

Which object below was the least symbolic in Out of the Dust?

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pennies

Question 32

The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in poetry that creates rhythm is

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meter

Question 33

What is an expression that has lost its power from overuse?

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cliche

Question 34

What is a polite word or phrase used instead of something embarrassing or disgusting?

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euphemism

Question 35

Giving human qualities to animals or objects is called

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personification

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