Name: Group: Date: 10 th Grade Ms. Vázquez- English. Unit 10.5 Create! Poetry & Play - Home Test (50pts.)

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1 Ms. Vázquez 1 of 7 Name: Group: Date: 10 th Grade Ms. Vázquez- English Unit 10.5 Create! Poetry & Play - Home Test (50pts.) Turn in: 10-1 & 10-2 April 22, 2014; 10-3 April 23, Late work - 5pts. and may not be accepted. You can turn in a paper with only the answers, but identify it with your name, group, date and test title. I. Poetry Terms. A. Choose the best answer. 6pts. 1. The use of words that appeal to the five senses is called: a) theme b) mood c) purpose d) imagery 2. Giving human qualities to an animal, object, or idea is called: a) tone c) onomatopoeia d) personification 3. The feeling that the author wants the reader to experience is called: a) mood c) image d) tone 4. An expression that makes an imaginative comparison between two different things, without using words such as "like," or "as" is called: a) metaphor c) personification d) none of the above 5. An imaginative comparison between two different things using words such as "like," or "as" is called: a) mood c) image d) tone 6. An ordinary object, event, person, or animal to which we have attached a special meaning is called: a) symbol c) image d) tone

2 Ms. Vázquez 2 of 7 II. Figurative Language (Simile, Metaphor, Personification) A. Identify the type of figurative language presented on the text. Write S for simile, M for metaphor or P for personification. 15pts. 1. Her eyes shone like stars in the night. 2. The sun laughed at the moon because it could not produce heat. 3. The moonless night was dark as black velvet. 4. I am a bee shuffling through the leaves. 5. Like hot water, anger rushes through me. 6. Great waves looked over others coming in. 7. The pond was a crystal mirror reflecting the sun's rays on the cold winter's morning. 8. The test was a piece of cake. 9. But when the trees bow down their heads The delicious smell of cookies walked me to the kitchen. 11. Smart as a whip. 12. He was a tornado, blasting his way through the opposing team. 13. His feet were like baby dolphins. 14. As the wind was blowing, the tree branch was gently brushing my hair. 15. These cookies are garbage! B. What is the meaning of the figures of speech presented in the text? Choose the best answer. 7pts. 1. My sister has a heart of stone. a) My sister is really strong. b) My sister is really brave. c) My sister is really uncaring. d) My sister is actually a statue. 2. The boy across the street has a heart as big as all outdoors. a) The boy has an enlarged heart. b) The boy is very giving and kind. c) The boy is very selfish and mean. d) The boy wears an oxygen mask. 3. The young boy was a skyscraper next to his friend. a) He was a building. b) The young boy was shorter than his friend. c) The young boy was much taller than his friend. d) He had many stories. 4. The baby's skin was like a rose petal. a) The baby's skin is very soft and delicate. b) The baby's skin is rough. c) The baby's skin is dry. d) The baby's skin is sticky.

3 Ms. Vázquez 3 of 7 5. The engine was an old lion / roaring but weak in the core. a) The engine was probably dying, but it still made noise. b) The engine was probably missing important parts. c) The engine was making strange, animal-like sounds. d) The engine of the vehicle was shaped like an old lion. 6. My grandpa was acting like a teenager. a) He acted older than he is. b) He acted like a boy. c) He acted silly. d) He acted scared. 7. That cat is as sneaky as a fox. a) That cat is not very smart b) That cat is tricky. c) That cat looks like a fox. d) That cat is very playful. III. Tone, Voice & Mood A. Read the poem and write who is the poetic voice. 6pts. 1. The Usual Poetic Voice: There I am under your head Watching you sleep and dream again Then in the morning when you wake And fix the covers Set me straight When you walk out the bedroom door I ll just wait here an hour or more When you come back when the day is done When the moon goes up and down goes the sun In your pj s you climb into bed And on me you rest your weary head Close your eyes and dream again Excerpt from "The Negro Mother" by Langston Hughes Poetic Voice: Children, I come back today To tell you a story of the long dark way That I had to climb, that I had to know In order that the race might live and grow. Look at my face dark as the night Yet shining like the sun with love s true light.

4 Ms. Vázquez 4 of 7 I am the dark girl who has crossed the red sea Carrying in my body the seed of the free. I am the woman who worked in the field Bringing the cotton and the corn to yield. I am the one who labored as a slave, Beaten and mistreated for the work that I gave Children sold away from me, I m husband sold, too. No safety, no love, no respect was due. Three hundred years in the deepest South: But God put a song and a prayer in my mouth. God put a dream like steel in my soul. Now, through my children, I m reaching the goal. 3. Mother to Son by Langston Hughes Poetic Voice: Well, son, I ll tell you: Life for me ain t been no crystal stair. It s had tacks in it, And splinters, And boards torn up, And places with no carpet on the floor Bare. But all the time I se been a-climbin on, And reachin landin s, And turnin corners, And sometimes goin in the dark Where there ain t been no light. So, boy, don t you turn back. Don t you set down on the steps. Cause you finds it s kinder hard. Don t you fall now For I se still goin, honey, I se still climbin, And life for me ain t been no crystal stair. B. Identify the tone of the following texts. Choose the best answer. 3pts. 1. It mourns the arrow without a target, the evening without morning. And the first bird dead upon a branch. ( The Guitar by Federico Garcia Lorca) a) Sorrowful b) Humorous c) Disrespectful d) Adoring

5 Ms. Vázquez 5 of 7 2. Do not weep, maiden, for war is kind. ("War Is Kind" by Crane). a) Confused b) Sarcastic c) Impartial d) Proud 3. Little Miss Muffet Sat on a tuffet, Eating her curds and whey; Along came a spider, Who sat down beside her And frightened Miss Muffet away. ( Little Miss Muffet ) a) Arrogant b) Proud c) Hostile d) Humorous C. Identify the mood of the following texts. Choose the best answer. 3pts. 1. The river, reflecting the clear blue of the sky, glistened and sparkled as it flowed noiselessly on. ( Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens) a) Playful b) Restless c) Depressed d) Calm 2. I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I, I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference. ( The Roads Not Taken by Robert Frost) a) Relaxed b) Gloomy c) Joyous d) Angry 3. Deep into the darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, Doubting. ( The Raven by Edgar Allen Poe) a) Melancholy b) Hopeful c) Relaxed d) Cranky

6 Ms. Vázquez 6 of 7 III. Imagery & Symbolism A. Identify the type of imagery. Choose the right answer. 6pts. 1. I was awakened by the strong odor of a freshly brewed pot of coffee. a) hearing b) sight c) smell d) touch 2. Mark unintentionally took a gulp of the briny, bitter seawater, causing him to cough and gag... a) touch b) smell c) hearing d) taste 3. Jeff's socks, still soaked with sweat from Tuesday's P.E. class, filled the classroom with an aroma akin to that of salty, week-old, rotting fish. a) sight b) taste c) touch d) smell 4. The bright red, orange and yellow flames shone brightly as the howls surrounded us. The only images we could see in the distance were set of glowing dots that continued to come closer to our camp. a) sight b) taste c) touch d) smell 5. The eerie silence was shattered by her scream. a) touch b) smell c) hearing d) taste 6. And I saw the flash of a white throat, And a double row of white teeth, And eyes of metallic grey, Hard and narrow and slit. ( The Shark by Edwin John Pratt) a) sight b) taste c) touch d) smell

7 Ms. Vázquez 7 of 7 B. Match the meaning with the symbol presented. Write the letter. 4pts. a) hope for a better life or happiness c) freedom 1. Symbol: Statue of Liberty b) youth d) romance 3 Symbol: Spring In the spring, I asked the daisies If his words were true, And the clever, clear-eyed daisies Always knew. ( Wild Asters by Sara Teasdale) 4. Symbol: Light 2. Symbol: red rose A light exists in Spring Not present on the year At any other period When March is scarcely here. ( A light exists in Spring by Emily Dickinson)