ELA Skills Poetry Test

Question 1

A reference to something that is known from history, literature, religion, politics, sports, science, or culture.

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allusion

Question 2

The main idea of a poem.

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theme

Question 3

worked 3 days in a special enclosure, quiet & cool & my hands clean Out the window the men taking salt pills 110 degrees

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These lines use contrast to describe different working conditions

Question 4

Please leave I said as my shoulders heave, is an example of

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internal rhyme

Question 5

A “play on words” is a

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pun

Question 6

juggling the greasy washers and bolts,winking at each other, grinning at me.In the break room they would buy me coffee,

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these lines suggest her coworker&#x27;s concerned attitude

Question 7

When you are explaining what is the poem about, you are explaining its

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meaning

Question 8

The imaginary voice assumed by the writer of a poem.

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speaker

Question 9

A figure of speech that makes a direct comparison between two unlike things WITHOUT like or as

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metaphor

Question 10

The phrase "three strikes" is an allusion to

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baseball

Question 11

There weren’t any women in my department. At 1st the men asked me to lift what I couldn’t, would speed up the turntable,

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these lines suggest the men were not being fair

Question 12

A combination of the organization of lines, rhyme schemes, stanzas, rhythm, and meter.

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pattern

Question 13

An atmosphere created by a writer’s diction and the details selected.

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mood

Question 14

you were supposed tocatch up withoutthe loss of your lungs

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this passage uses hyperbole

Question 15

When the author reveals to the reader what the character is like by SHOWing specific details about how they look & feel

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indirect characterization

Question 16

A figure of speech that makes an indirect comparison between two unlike things, using words such as like or as.

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simile

Question 17

A person, place, thing, or event that has meaning in itself and that also stands for something more than itself.

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symbol

Question 18

The phrase, "you can&#x27;t put me in a box" uses

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metaphor

Question 19

Giving a logical guess based on the facts or evidence presented using prior knowledge to help "read between the lines."

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inferring

Question 20

The time and place of the action

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setting

Question 21

The use of language to evoke a picture or a concrete sensation of a person, a thing, a place, or an experience.

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imagery

Question 22

the race was ending, she ran, grew wings, flew, beating them to shreds, to victory

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in the end of this passage the speaker wins the race

Question 23

A group of lines in a poem is called a

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stanza

Question 24

In the poem, WE COOL might be

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teenagers can be rebellious

Question 25

A figure of speech using exaggeration or overstatement for effect.“If I told you once, I’ve told you a million timeS”

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hyperbole

Question 26

Rhyming mix spent with lint is an example of

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half rhyme or slant rhyme

Question 27

A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes.

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personification

Question 28

Which of these lines is a line from a poem?

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all of them

Question 29

So I leave my residence, thinkin&#x27; how could I get some dead presidents, used to be a stick-up kid, &#x27;til I did what I did

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the rhyme scheme in this passage uses aabb rhyme scheme

Question 30

Poetry that does not conform to a regular meter or rhyme scheme.

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opne form

Question 31

I’d saw him, wearing safety glasses like mine, and earphones, bright slivers of brass in his hair—him standing alone

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this passage shows the man is lonely and alone

Question 32

Poetry that DOES conform to a regular meter or rhyme scheme.

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closed form

Question 33

My 20th summer I got a job in Door Lock at the Ford plant where my father has worked for twenty years. 5 in the morning

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these lines feature the setting

Question 34

Repetition of the same or similar consonant sounds at the beginning of words.

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alliteration

Question 35

Words which are inaccurate if interpreted literally, but are used to describe. Similes and metaphors are common forms.

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figurative language

Question 36

So I leave my residence, thinkin&#x27; how could I get some dead presidents, used to be a stick-up kid, &#x27;til I did what I did

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this poem is closed form

Question 37

Roses are red, violets are blue, you are so nice, and I love you is an example of

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end rhyme

Question 38

The repetition of similar vowel sounds in the lines or stanzas of a poem.

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assonance

Question 39

The associations and emotional overtones that are attached to a word or phrase, in addition to its actual definition.

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connotation

Question 40

The repetition of similar consonant sounds in the lines or stanzas of a poem

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consonance

Question 41

The repetition of similar consonant sounds in the lines or stanzas of a poem

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yes

ELA Skills Poetry Test

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ELA Skills Poetry Test

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