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Which quotation from a Shakespearean sonnet is a couplet?

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“And yet by heaven, I think my love as rare, / As any she belied with false compare.”
B
“Where art thou, Muse, that thou forget'st so long / To speak of that which gives thee all thy might?”
C
“Rise, resty Muse, my love's sweet face survey, / If Time have any wrinkle graven there; / If any, be a satire to decay, / And make Time's spoils despised every where.”
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“My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun; / Coral is far more red, than her lips red: / If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun; / If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head.”
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What do Emily Dickinson's poetry typically include? Select 4 options.four-line stanzasthird-person narrationtraditional rhymememorable titlesfirst-person narrationfigurative language

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four-line stanzas
B
third-person narration
C
traditional rhyme
D
memorable titles
E
first-person narration
F
figurative language
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Read the excerpt from "Madam and the Rent Man" by Langston Hughes.I said, Naturally, You pass the buck. If it's money you wantYou're out of luck.He said, Madam, I ain't pleased! I said, Neither am I. So we agrees!

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It emphasizes the rent man’s awkward position of having to collect the rent.
B
It reflects the sharp, tense dialogue between Madam and the rent man.
C
It demonstrates the rent man’s friendly demeanor as he tries to collect the rent.
D
It relates an image of Madam answering the door for the rent man.
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Read the excerpt from "Mending Wall."We keep the wall between us as we go.To each the boulders that have fallen to each.And some are loaves and some so nearly ballsWe have to use a spell to make them balance:"Stay where you are until our backs are turned!"We wear our fingers rough with handling them.Oh, just another kind of out-door game,One on a side. It comes to little more:There where it is we do not need the wall:He is all pine and I am apple orchard.What feature of this excerpt makes it blank verse?

A
It has a rhyming pattern.
B
It has iambic pentameter.
C
It does not use everyday language.
D
It is about nature.
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Read the passage, and then answer the question.It had been another long day at school.I sighed as I started my homework,Realizing It would take forever to finish.

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angry
B
fearful
C
gloomy
D
calm
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Why do writers use figurative language? Select 4 options.to convey abstract ideas, such as love or lonelinessto retell historical events in a factual mannerto describe a scientific finding accuratelyto connect unfamiliar concepts with the familiarto express a lot of information in just a few wordsto engage readers’ imaginations with writing

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to convey abstract ideas, such as love or loneliness
B
to retell historical events in a factual manner
C
to describe a scientific finding accurately
D
to connect unfamiliar concepts with the familiar
E
to express a lot of information in just a few words
F
to engage readers’ imaginations with writing
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How are the main concepts of "Some Keep the Sabbath Going to Church" and "Because I Could Not Stop for Death" treated in both poems?

A
They are treated with great reverence and kept at a distance.
B
They are treated as if they are utterly unimportant and trivial.
C
They are treated evenly and in a very matter-of-fact manner.
D
They are treated as if they are ultimately incomprehensible.
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Read the passage, and then answer the question.Alice got an A on her essayAnd, I don't understand why. She doesn't work as hard Or write as well as I do.

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joyous
B
peaceful
C
grim
D
jealous
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Read the excerpt from "Mending Wall."Spring is the mischief in me, and I wonderIf I could put a notion in his head:“Why do they make good neighbours? Isn’t itWhere there are cows? But here there are no cows.Before I built a wall I’d ask to knowWhat I was walling in or walling out,And to whom I was like to give offence.Something there is that doesn’t love a wall,That wants it down.” I could say “Elves” to him,But it’s not elves exactly, and I’d ratherHe said it for himself.What is the speaker’s mood in this excerpt?

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unhappy
B
playful
C
childish
D
determined
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Read "We outgrow love like other things" by Emily Dickinson.We outgrow love like other thingsAnd put it in the drawer,Till it an antique fashion showsLike costumes grandsires wore.

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The word “antique” means “old-fashioned,” which implies the poet must be a senior citizen.
B
The word “antique” suggests love is outdated, which creates a tone of disappointment.
C
The word “antique” describes something expensive, which sets a mood of prosperity.
D
The word “antique” means “an ancient object,” which creates an old-world setting.
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Read the excerpt from "Madam and the Rent Man" by Langston Hughes.The rent man knocked. He said, Howdy-do? I said, WhatCan I do for you? He said, You knowYour rent is due.

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The emotional words immediately instill tension.
B
The neutral words create a matter-of-fact attitude.
C
The angry, hostile words reflect the frustration of the speaker.
D
The threatening words paint the rent man as an evil figure.
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Read the lines from "The Weary Blues."Thump, thump, thump, went his foot on the floor.He played a few chords then he sang some more.The repetition of the word "thump" is an example of what literary device?

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personification
B
simile
C
onomatopoeia
D
metaphor
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Read the lines from "Harlem."Maybe it just sags like a heavy load. Read the lines from "The Weary Blues."He did a lazy sway . . .He did a lazy sway.Which best describes the relationship between these lines?

A
The lines from "Harlem" provide sensory details, and the lines from "The Weary Blues" do not.
B
The lines from "Harlem" and the lines from "The Weary Blues" both provide details through personification.
C
The lines from "Harlem" provide details using the sense of sight, and the lines from "The Weary Blues" provide details using the sense of touch.
D
The lines from "Harlem" and the lines from "The Weary Blues" both provide details using the sense of sight.
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Read these stanzas from Paul Laurence Dunbar’s poems."The Seedling""The Old Apple Tree" Little folks, be like the seedling,Always do the best you can;Every child must share life's laborJust as well as every man.And the sun and showers will help youThrough the lonesome, struggling hours,Till you raise to light and beautyVirtue's fair, unfading flowers Life for us ain't all been summer,But I guess we've had our shareOf its flittin' joys an' pleasures,An' a sprinklin' of its care.Oft the skies have smiled upon us;Then again we've seen 'em frown,Though our load was ne'er so heavyThat we longed to lay it down.But when death does come a-callin',This my last request shall be,—That they'll bury me an' Hallie'Neath the old apple-tree.How are the messages of these two poems similar?

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Both poems encourage the planting of gardens.
B
Both poems suggest that childhood is precious.
C
Both poems insist that people can find satisfaction in life.
D
Both poems show the reliability of the changing seasons.
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Read these stanzas from Edna St. Vincent Millay’s poems."Ebb""Song of a Second April" I know what my heart is likeSince your love died:It is like a hollow ledgeHolding a little poolLeft there by the tide,A little tepid pool,Drying inward from the edgeThe larger streams run still and deep,Noisy and swift the small brooks runAmong the mullein stalks the sheepGo up the hillside in the sun,Pensively,—only you are gone,You that alone I cared to keep. How are the messages of these two poems similar?

A
Both poems suggest that nature heals all wounds.
B
Both poems indicate that lost love causes loneliness.
C
Both poems indicate that people must spend time alone.
D
Both poems suggest that mourning should take place outside.
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Why is it helpful to examine the tone of a sonnet?

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Determining how the poet feels about the subject of the sonnet is the main purpose of interpretation.
B
Identifying the tonal patterns of rhyme and rhythm in a sonnet enables readers to correctly interpret it.
C
Determining the speaker's attitude toward the topic of a sonnet is essential to an accurate interpretation.
D
Identifying the emotional impact the sonnet has on the reader or listener allows readers to interpret it accurately.
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Read these stanzas from Paul Laurence Dunbar’s poems."The Poet and His Song""An Easy-Goin’ Feller"A song is but a little thing,And yet what joy it is to sing!In hours of toil it gives me zest,And when at eve I long for rest;When cows come home along the bars,And in the fold I hear the bell,As Night, the shepherd, herds his stars,I sing my song, and all is well.Ther' ain't no use in all this strife,An' hurryin', pell-mell, right thro' life.I don't believe in goin' too fastTo see what kind o' road you've passed.It ain't no mortal kind o' good,'N' I would n't hurry ef I could.I like to jest go joggin' 'long,To limber up my soul with song.How are the messages of these two poems similar?

A
Both poems suggest that music offers contentment in life.
B
Both poems indicate that people should travel for enjoyment.
C
Both poems prove that work should be a top priority.
D
Both poems insist that friends need to celebrate together.
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Read the excerpt from "Mending Wall," by Robert Frost.Something there is that doesn’t love a wall,That sends the frozen-ground-swell under it,And spills the upper boulders in the sun;And makes gaps even two can pass abreast.What is Frost describing that “doesn’t love a wall”?

A
sunlight
B
neighbors
C
ice
D
boulders
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Read Shakespeare's "Sonnet 130.”My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun;Coral is far more red, than her lips red:If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun;If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head.I have seen roses damask'd, red and white,But no such roses see I in her cheeks;And in some perfumes is there more delightThan in the breath that from my mistress reeks.I love to hear her speak, yet well I knowThat music hath a far more pleasing sound:I grant I never saw a goddess go,—My mistress, when she walks, treads on the ground:And yet by heaven, I think my love as rare,As any she belied with false compare.

A
The speaker gives his mistress roses and perfume.
B
The speaker’s mistress is like a rose—beautiful and fragrant.
C
His mistress’s cheeks are not pink, and her breath is not sweet.
D
Roses do not look and smell as sweet as the speaker’s mistress.
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Read the poem.Drip drop, plip ploplike a shower faucetRain pours from the skyour noses pressed flatagainst the windowThe sky is an aquariumWhich line from the poem contains a metaphor?

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Drip drop, plip plop
B
like a shower faucet
C
against the window
D
The sky is an aquarium

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