In “Summer,” which of the following best describes the speaker’s attitude toward the season of summer?

In “Summer,” which of the following best describes the speaker’s attitude toward the season of summer?

  A. dread

  B. enjoyment

  C. respect

  D. tolerance

Question 2 of 20

“The days are nouns; touch them/ The hands are churches that worship the world.” 

This quote shows what figurative language? 

  A. simile

  B. metaphor

  C. rhyme

  D. repetition

Question 3 of 20

“It’s about the ball, the bat, and the mitt./  Ball hits bat, or it hits mitt.”  This is an example of which sound device?

 A. metaphor

  B. personification

  C. assonance

  D. consonance

Question 4 of 20

“…you spoke Spanish formal as your father, the judge without a courtroom.” 

This quote shows what figurative language? 

  A. metaphor

  B. simile

  C. personification

  D. onomatopoeia

Question 5 of 20

“I hear America singing, the varied carols I hear, Those of mechanics, each one singing his as it should be blithe and strong 

The carpenter singing his as he measures his plank or beam,” 

This quote from “I Hear America Singing” by Walt Whitman shows the poem is what kind?

  A. Lyric

  B. Haiku

  C. Couplet

  D. Sonnet

Question 6 of 20

Which sound device does this phrase demonstrate? 

cruel cackles of crazed crones

  A. onomatopoeia

  B. alliteration

  C. assonance

  D. consonance

Question 7 of 20

In poetry, a quatrain may be defined as which of the following? 

  A. a poem consisting of fourteen lines

  B. a poem consisting of seventeen syllables

  C. a stanza consisting of four lines

  D. the prologue to an epic

Question 8 of 20

To which sense do these images from “There Is No Word for Goodbye” mainly appeal? 

Looking through the net of wrinkles into wise black pools of her eyes 

 A. touch

  B. sound

  C. sight

  D. taste

Question 9 of 20

“Give me a place to stand, Archimedes said, “and I can move the world.” These words show which figurative language?

  A. paradox

  B. satire

  C. simile

  D. metaphor

Question 10 of 20

Read the following lines from “There Is No Word for Goodbye”: 

A shade of feeling rippled the wind-tanned skin. 

To which senses does the imagery in these lines appeal?

  A. touch only

  B. sight and touch

  C. touch and taste

  D. sight only

Question 11 of 20

The word fizz is an example of which sound device?

  A. onomatopoeia

  B. assonance

  C. consonance

  D. alliteration

Question 12 of 20

The words hum and ham are examples of which sound device?

  A. assonance

  B. onomatopoeia

  C. consonance

  D. alliteration

Question 13 of 20

In “There Is No Word for Goodbye,” whom does the speaker address?

  A. her daughter

  B. the reader

  C. her aunt

  D. her mother

Question 14 of 20

“With thorns, she scratches/ on my window, tosses her hair dark with rain,/ snares lightning, cholla, hawks, butterfly/ swarms in tangles.” 

This quote shows what element of figurative language? 

  A. simile

  B. repetition

  C. personification

  D. onomatopeia

Question 15 of 20

In “Dream Deferred,” the lines “Or crust and sugar over— / like a syrupy sweet?” are an example of which kind of figurative language?

  A. simile

  B. metaphor

  C. personification

  D. paradox

Question 16 of 20

“Ten thousand saw I at a glance,/ Tossing their heads in sprightly dance./ The waves beside them danced; but they/ Outdid the sparkling waves in glee;” 

This quote is an example of what figurative language?

  A. metaphor

  B. simile

  C. paradox

  D. personification

Question 17 of 20

Is the following an example of a simile, metaphor, paradox, or personification?

An angry sky loomed overhead.

  A. paradox

  B. personification

  C. simile

  D. metaphor

Question 18 of 20

Which of the following is the best paraphrase of the line, “What happens to a dream deferred?”

  A. Putting off a dream can be disappointing, even dangerous.

  B. Some dreams must be put off.

  C. What happens when a dream is not realized?

  D. What happens when people dream?

Question 19 of 20

The words jump and stunt are examples of which sound device?

  A. alliteration

  B. consonance

  C. assonance

  D. onomatopoeia

Question 20 of 20

“Ball goes in (thwack) to mitt,/ and goes out (thwack) back to mitt.” This is an example of which sound device?

  A. onomatopoeia

  B. assonance

  C. consonance

  D. alliteration