What is the theme of Dreams?

Life is meaningless without Dreams and aspirations

What is Iambic Pentameter?

line of verse with five metrical feet, each consisting of a U and / .

poetry that follows no rules. Just aboutanything goes.

An exaggeration for the sake of emphasis

What is personification?

Giving human characteristics to inanimateobjects, ideas, or animals

What does Macbeth think of life after his wife's death?

He thinks it is useless and meaningless

What is Alliteration?

The repetition of the initial letter or sound intwo or more words in a line

What is the theme of the Seven Ages of Man?

That the world is a stage, and all the people are the actors.

What is mood in poetry?

the atmosphere, or emotion, in the poem createdby the poet

What is the central idea in the poem Mother to Son?

To never give up in life no matter how hard the challenges you face are.

The metrical analysis of a verse

What are the 7 stages of man in order?

Infant, Schoolboy, lover, soldier, judge, old man, extremely aged

an act of speaking one's thoughts aloud regardless of any hearers,

An implied comparison between two usuallyunrelated things

What does Langston Hughes compare life to in Dreams?

A barren field frozen with snow, A broken winged bird that cannot fly

What is the Theme of If?

Coming of Age/ Believing in yourslef

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1
Who is the author of Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow?
Shakespeare
Emily Dickinson
Langston Hughes
Maya Angelou
2
Who is the author of If?
Maya Angelou
Langston Hughes
Shakespeare
Rudyard Kipling
3
Who is the mother speaking to in the poem Mother to Son?
Her father
Her son
Her brother
Her sister
4
Who is the author of the Seven Ages of Man?
Lagston Hughes
Maya Angelou
Shakepeare
Rudyard Kipling
5
What is the theme of Dreams?
Dreams are not worth the time thinking about.
Dreams are useless and fake
Life is meaningless without Dreams and aspirations
Nobody needs Dreams to live.
6
What is the type of meter in Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow?
Iambic pentameter
trimeter
hexameter
octameter
7
What type of rhyme is used in If?
AAAA
ABAB CDCD
AABB
ABC ABC
8
What type of meter is used in If?
Iambic Pentameter
hexameter
trimeter
octameter
9
Which Poems below use Iambic Pentameter?
If
Mother to Son
Dreams
Seven Ages of Man
10
What does Shakespeare refer to the world as in The Seven Ages of Man?
A school
The ocean
A house
A stage/theater
11
What is a Caesura?
A pause in a line of poetry.
The end of the poem
The beginning of a poem.
An image created in the readers head
12
What is Iambic Pentameter?
the atmosphere, or emotion, in the poem createdby the poet
U /
line of verse with five metrical feet, each consisting of a U and / .
Unrhymed lines of poetry
13
What is free verse?
poetry that follows no rules. Just aboutanything goes.
the atmosphere, or emotion, in the poem createdby the poet
A reference to another piece of literature or tohistory
using words to create a picture in the reader’smind
14
What is an iamb?
U /
U/ U/
/ / U
/ U
15
What is a hyperbole?
a pause in a line of poetry
poetry that follows no rules. Just aboutanything goes.
An exaggeration for the sake of emphasis
a reference to another piece of literature
16
What is personification?
An implied comparison between two usuallyunrelated things
An exaggeration for the sake of emphasis.
a pause in a line of poetry
Giving human characteristics to inanimateobjects, ideas, or animals
17
What does Macbeth think of life after his wife's death?
He thinks it is useless and meaningless
He loves life
He doesn't think anything of life
He thinks life is necessary
18
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow is an example of what?
A metaphor
Free verse
Non of the above
A soliloquy
19
What is the mother giving her son in the poem?
Advice for his future.
She doesn't give him anything.
A new toy
She gives her son a new pet to become friends with.
20
What is Alliteration?
Giving human characteristics to inanimateobjects, ideas, or animals
Words that spell out sounds
The repetition of sounds
The repetition of the initial letter or sound intwo or more words in a line
21
What literary device is this poem?
Simile
Personification
Extended Metaphor
Metaphor
22
What does each lines syllable start with in Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow?
An unstressed syllable.
A one syllable word
Non of the above.
A stressed syllable.
23
What is the theme of the Seven Ages of Man?
Never give up on your dreams.
That the world is a stage, and all the people are the actors.
You must work for what you want.
To be brave and courageous in life.
24
What other literary device is used throughout the entire poem Dreams?
Similes
Alliteration
Hyperbole
Imagery
25
What is mood in poetry?
A comparison using like or as.
The theme of the poem.
the atmosphere, or emotion, in the poem createdby the poet
Mood isn't used in poetry
26
What is the central idea in the poem Mother to Son?
To be brave and try new things.
To never give up in life no matter how hard the challenges you face are.
There is no central idea.
Life is short so make the best of it.
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Who wrote the poem Dreams?
Shakespeare
Maya Angelou
Langston Hughes
Rudyard Kipling
28
What is scansion?
The metrical analysis of a verse
a monologue by a character in a play.
Unrhymed lines of iambic pentameter
The mood of the poem.
29
What are the 7 stages of man in order?
Schoolboy, infant, soldier, lover, old man extremely aged.
Infant, schoolboy, soldier, lover, judge, old man, extremely aged.
Infant, schoolboy, lover, soldier, old man, judge, extremely aged.
Infant, Schoolboy, lover, soldier, judge, old man, extremely aged
30
What is a Soliloquy?
A literary device comparing two things
The theme of the poem
an act of speaking one's thoughts aloud regardless of any hearers,
unrhymed lines of poetry
31
What literary device is used mostly in Dreams?
Hyperboles
Similes
Metaphors
Personification
32
What is a metaphor?
An implied comparison between two usuallyunrelated things
a pause in a line of poetry
using words to create an image
An exaggeration for the sake of emphasis
33
What is Rhyme?
The repetition of sounds
The repetition of the initial letter or sound of two or more words
an exaggeration for the sake of emphasis
a comparison between two unrelated things using like or as
34
What does Langston Hughes compare life to in Dreams?
A barren field frozen with snow
A story
A sporting event
A broken winged bird that cannot fly
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What is the Theme of If?
Trust everyone
Try new things
Coming of Age/ Believing in yourslef
Don't judge others

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