Unit 7: Poetry of Language
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- Q 1/15Score 0"The Taxi" is an example of--29Concrete poetryFree VerseA balladA sonnet
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- Q1"The Taxi" is an example of--Concrete poetryFree VerseA balladA sonnet30s
- Q2What sound devices used in lines 2-3 suggest the thump of a drum?Alliteration and consonanceRepetition and dialectRhyme and onomatopoeiaAssonance and end rhyme30s
- Q3The image in lines 4-5 reinforce the idea that --the taxi is traveling too fastthe city is a dangerous placethe speaker is distressednature is full of violence30s
- Q4Which image best conveys the speaker's feeling of vulnerability?"To wound myself upon the sharp edges of the night""And shout into the ridges of the wind""So that I can no longer see your face""Streets coming fast, / One after the other"30s
- Q5The poet presents one image after another in rapid succession to--express the excitement of travelingstress the transient beauty of naturecreate a sensation of movementpaint a detailed picture of the city30s
- Q6"The world beats dead / Like a slackened drum" is an example of --PersonificationHyperboleMetaphorSimile30s
- Q7"And the lamps of the city prick my eyes" is an example of --PersonificationHyperboleSimileMetaphor30s
- Q8"Why should I" is an example of --OnomatopoeiaAlliterationConsonanceAssonance30s
- Q9Which of the following terms best describes the rhymed lines of this poem?CoupletQuatrainStanzaIambic pentameter30s
- Q10Which pair of words is an example of alliteration in the poem?Seems, dreamsEvery, agedFawn, dawnGirls, glimmered30s
- Q11Which of the following lines contains a metaphor?"Are common as goldenrod daisies""Or shimmered like a summer moon""Geniuses of countless nations""There the sweet forbidden flower "30s
- Q12Line 7, "Stood like a lily, fled like fawn," contains examples of --SimileMetaphorPersonificationHyperbole30s
- Q13The speaker lists similes and metaphors used by other writers and calls them "memorable phrases" to emphasize that --Only geniuses can describe loveLove is hard to describe in new waysEvery generation writes about loveLove is as common as goldenrod30s
- Q14Which statement accurately compares the emotional state of the speakers in the two poems?Both speakers are angry.Both speakers are lonely.One speaker is content and one is unhappy.One speaker is frightened and one is optimistic.30s
- Q15In these poems, both poets reflect on --The beauty and uniqueness of the loved oneThe strong feelings of someone in loveNature as a great comfort to those in loveThe sorrows that accompany being in love30s
