Poetry Test
Poetry Unit Test Review
Mrs. Artzt is going to attempt to determine how well we know the poetry terms by applying them. She is going to give us examples, rather than just have us write the definition.
The questions asked first are the easiest and they gradually get harder
ALWAYS CHOOSE THE BEST ANSWER (if the directions say BEST than there is normally two right answers, but you should always choose the best)
Types of questions:
Questions on dramatic situation
Who is speaking?
Where is she?
To whom is the poem addressed?
Who is the speaker in lines 5- 8?
Where does the poem take place?
At what time of the year does the poem take place?
Questions on structure
How are stanza’s one and two releated to stanza 3
What word in line 20 refers back to an idea used in lines 5, 10, 15?
Which of the following divisions best represents the poems structure?
Questions on themes
Which of the following best sums uo the meaning in stanza 2
With which of the following is the poem centrally concerned?
Questions on grammar and meaning of words
Look carefully at the context
The obvious meaning of the word is most likely not the one the poem uses
Questions on images and figurative language
To which of the following does the author compare his love?
Questions on diction
Which of the following is used to suggest the poet’s dislike?
The poet’s use of the word “air” in line 8 is to indicate…
The poet’s delight in the garden is suggested by all of the following words except…
Questions on tone and literary devices
The tone of the poem (or stanza) can best be described as…
Examples from the poem “On the Sonnet”
The “we” (“us”) of the poem refers to…
Literary critics
Misers
Readers of poetry
The Muses
English Poets
The metaphor used in the first line of the poem comapres English to…
Carefully guarded treasure
Andromeada
A bound creature
A necklace
A sonnet
File:///C:/users/arti/Downloads/cliffnotesAPlitstudyguide.pdf
Mrs. Artzt is going to attempt to determine how well we know the poetry terms by applying them. She is going to give us examples, rather than just have us write the definition.
The questions asked first are the easiest and they gradually get harder
ALWAYS CHOOSE THE BEST ANSWER (if the directions say BEST than there is normally two right answers, but you should always choose the best)
Types of questions:
Questions on dramatic situation
Who is speaking?
Where is she?
To whom is the poem addressed?
Who is the speaker in lines 5- 8?
Where does the poem take place?
At what time of the year does the poem take place?
Questions on structure
How are stanza’s one and two releated to stanza 3
What word in line 20 refers back to an idea used in lines 5, 10, 15?
Which of the following divisions best represents the poems structure?
Questions on themes
Which of the following best sums uo the meaning in stanza 2
With which of the following is the poem centrally concerned?
Questions on grammar and meaning of words
Look carefully at the context
The obvious meaning of the word is most likely not the one the poem uses
Questions on images and figurative language
To which of the following does the author compare his love?
Questions on diction
Which of the following is used to suggest the poet’s dislike?
The poet’s use of the word “air” in line 8 is to indicate…
The poet’s delight in the garden is suggested by all of the following words except…
Questions on tone and literary devices
The tone of the poem (or stanza) can best be described as…
Examples from the poem “On the Sonnet”
The “we” (“us”) of the poem refers to…
Literary critics
Misers
Readers of poetry
The Muses
English Poets
The metaphor used in the first line of the poem comapres English to…
Carefully guarded treasure
Andromeada
A bound creature
A necklace
A sonnet
File:///C:/users/arti/Downloads/cliffnotesAPlitstudyguide.pdf