Word Relationships: Accurate and Interesting Words — Unit test
Question 3 • 2026 Summer 305 ELA/ESOL CR_Grade 7
Read the excerpt from “ Crossing Brooklyn Ferry.”Just as you feel when you look on the river and sky, so I felt,Just as any of you is one of a living crowd, I was one of a crowd,Just as you are refresh'd by the gladness of the river and thebright flow, I was refresh'd,Just as you stand and lean on the rail, yet hurry with the swiftcurrent, I stood yet was hurried,Just as you look on the numberless masts of ships and thethick-stemm'd pipes of steamboats, I look'd.
Answer
A
The poet is expressing ideas through a loose structure with repetition.
B
The poet is expressing ideas using a strict structure with rhyme.
C
The poet is expressing ideas using repetition and a specific rhythm.
D
The poet is expressing ideas without any structural elements.
Explanation
The repeated opening phrase “Just as” links the lines and emphasizes the speaker’s similarities with the crowd. The lines do not follow a regular rhyme scheme or a strict meter, so the poem uses repetition within a loose structure. This matches the choice describing ideas expressed through a loose structure with repetition.
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