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Poetry and Drama Exam - Module 6
Poetry and Drama Exam - Module 6
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18. Which part of a poem is most like a paragraph?
stanza
word
title
line
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13. What is the main difference between poetry and prose?
the way the words are arranged on a page
the number of difficult words you must read
the way punctuation and capitalization are used
the number of words that appear in each sentence
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8. When are sentence fragments most often used in the dialogue of a play?
when a character is excited, angry, or afraid
when a scene is about to end
when a character suddenly dies
when a character is supposed to seem stupid
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6. Which part of speech is “long” in the sentence below? My grandmother loved to take long walks in the woods with me.
noun
adjectives
adverb
verb
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15. Which kind of figurative language appears in the sentence below? The moon hid its face behind a small cloud.
Simile
Personification
Metaphor
symbol
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16. Which sentence includes a simile?
My cat Loco goes crazy in the house at night.
My cat Loco has a tail like a bottle brush.
My cat Loco has rings around his tail.
My cat Loco has long brown fur and a tiny pink tongue.
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14. When a poet chooses carefully between words with only slightly different meanings, what is he or she trying to do?
to create a simile
to make readers confused
to create just the right nuance
to make readers think harder
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17. Place there, their, and they're in the sentence? ___ is room in ___ garage, but ___ not going to buy a car.
they're there, there
there, their, they're
there, they're, their
their, there, they're
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11. Which of these sentences includes a metaphor?
The opossum’s tail was the color of its nose.
The opossum’s tail was sticking straight up.
The opossum’s tail was like a rat’s tale.
The opossum’s tail was an ugly pink snake.
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5. How can you tell which parts of a play are stage directions?
Stage directions always appear beneath the title.
Stage direction always include a “stage directions” label.
Stage directions usually appear in parentheses and italics.
Stage directions usually appear in at the end of a play.
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20. When are sentence fragments used in stage directions?
when they appear between a character’s name and the character’s line
when the play is written for a very young audience
when the action is more physical than mental
when the cast of characters includes just two characters
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3. How is free verse different from other forms of poetry?
It has a very strict rhythm.
It does not follow any grammar rules.
It is available for anyone to use.
It sounds more like ordinary speech.
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12. When does the setting of a play often change?
when the main character enters
when the themes is revealed
when the conflict is resolved
when a new acene starts
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1. When you read a play, how do you know that the characters are interrupting each other?
You see a list of items separated by a comma.
You see very short but complete sentences.
You see a sentence fragment followed by a dash.
You see a long sentence with many nouns and verbs.
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9. Choose the word that will complete the repeated sounds?Day by day, we _________ and dream.
try
sleep
drown
sing
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19. Which sentence uses alliteration?
The hunter’s children pray it escapes.
The fox was a fearless foe.
The hounds scattered across the field.
Again it retreated to its den.
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4. Which of these sentences is an adage?
Wherever you go, go early
The early bird gets the worm.
Morgan hoped to arrive first.
Birds start feeding early each morning.
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10. Which phrase describes a group of words without a subject or without a verb?
a complete sentence
a sentence fragment
a sentence model
a specific sentence
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2. Where do
to, too, and two
belong? The _____ boys were _____ afraid _____ cross the junkyard. Choose correct order.
two, too, to
too, to, two
to, two, too
two, to, too
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7. Which words often appear before an adjective in a sentence?
one, two, three
am, is, was
walk, run, sprint
sit, stand, lie
