Poetry
  • 1. What word means almost the SAME as TRIUMPH?
A) loss
B) meeting
C) victory
D) contest
  • 2. Which word means using the same words or phrases over and over again?
A) connotation
B) repetition
C) stanza
D) denotation
  • 3. Which word means almost the SAME as HOVERING?
A) to hang fluttering
B) to walk beside slowly
C) to stand above
D) to sit beneath
  • 4. What does the word ACCOMPLISHMENT mean?
A) something that is won in a contest
B) something that is reached with the help of others
C) something that is desperately desired
D) something that is completed or done successfully
  • 5. What does the word CONNOTATION mean?
A) the basic definition of a word
B) the use of words or phrases over and over
C) the idea suggested by the meaning of the word
D) the way the lines of a poem are divided
  • 6. What is a STANZA?
A) the basic definition of a word
B) the way the lines of a poem are divided
C) the simple difference between similar things
D) the use of words or phrases over and over
  • 7. What does DENOTATION mean?
A) the basic definition of a word
B) a word that means the opposite
C) a word that means almost the same
D) the plural form of a word
  • 8. What does it mean to be DANGLING?
A) to fall down
B) to be blown gently with the breeze
C) to be supported from below
D) to hang loosely
  • 9. What is the theme of the poems?
A) space travel
B) success
C) winning
D) swimming
  • 10. How are "Swimming to the Rock" and "The Moondust Footprint" DIFFERENT?
A) Both poems are about a personal accomplishment.
B) "Swimming to the Rock" is about winning a race to a rock, and "The Moondust Footprint" is about winning a race to the moon.
C) "Swimming to the Rock" is about an historical accomplishment, and "The Moondust Footprint" is about a personal accomplishment.
D) "Swimming to the Rock" is about a personal accomplishment, and "The Moondust Footprint" is about an historical accomplishment.
  • 11. Read the following line from the poem "Swimming to the Rock."

    The Rock is very, very, far away.

    Why does the author use repetition?
A) to emphasize how far the Rock is
B) to show how afraid the poet is
C) to emphasize how close the Rock is
D) to describe the Rock
  • 12. Read the following lines from the poem "Genius"

    The last verse of my poem leaves
    her silent as a mouse.

    Why is the poet comparing these two things?
A) to show how much the sister likes the poem
B) to show that the sister dislikes the poem
C) to describe how tired the sister is
D) to build suspense as the reader wonders what the sister will say
  • 13. What does the speaker accomplish in the poem "Winner"?
A) He hit a winning run
B) He hit a home run
C) His dad hit in a winning run
D) He struck out a batter
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