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Poetry Test
This is your final test for this unit. Follow instructions carefully for each section below.
Total value = 47 marks. Good luck!
Part 1: Rhyme Scheme & Sonnets (12 marks)
1. Identify the rhyme scheme for each of the following poems (for the entire poem).
Write the appropriate letters at the end of each line. For the other questions, write
your response in the space provided. (4 marks for each poem x 2 = 8 marks)
Stopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening
by Robert Frost
Whose woods these are I think I know.
His house is in the village though;
He will not see me stopping here
To watch his woods fill up with snow.
My little horse must think it queer
To stop without a farmhouse near
Between the woods and frozen lake
The darkest evening of the year.
He gives his harness bells a shake
To ask if there is some mistake.
The only other sound's the sweep
Of easy wind and downy flake.
The woods are lovely, dark and deep.
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.
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The Saints Are Coming
by u2
There is a house in New Orleans
They call the Rising Sun
It's been the ruin of many a poor boy
God, I know I'm one
I cried to my daddy on the telephone, how long now
Until the clouds unroll and you come home, the line went
But the shadows still remain since your descent, your descent
I cried to my daddy on the telephone, how long now
Until the clouds unroll and you come home, the line went
But the shadows still remain since your descent, your descent
The saints are coming, the saints are coming
I say no matter how I try, I realise there's no reply
The saints are coming, the saints are coming
I say no matter how I try, I realise there's no reply
A drowning sorrow floods the deepest grief, how long now
Until a weather change condemns belief, how long now
When the night watchman lets in the thief, what's wrong now?
The saints are coming, the saints are coming
I say no matter how I try, I realise there's no reply
The saints are coming, the saints are coming
I say no matter how I try, I realise there's no reply
I say no matter how I try, I realise there's no reply
I say no matter how I try, I realise there's no reply
2. What are two of the qualities required for a poem to be considered a sonnet? (2)
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3. Which of the above poems is a sonnet? (1)
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4. What is a couplet? (1)
Part 2: Matching Definitions(8 marks)
1. Match each of the devices below with the definition. You may need to use some
devices twice.
Onomatopoeia
Personification
Alliteration
Hyperbole
Metaphor
Oxymoron
Simile
a. a comparison between two different things using "like" or "as" ________________
b. giving something or an idea human qualities ________________
c. a word that imitates a sound ________________
d. the use of the same sound at the beginning of words within close proximity
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e. a phrase that combines two contradictory terms ________________
f. making a comparison between two different things ________________
g. a huge exaggeration ________________
h. when an idea or force of nature is embodied in human form ________________
Part 3: Writing your own sentences. (13 marks)
In this section, you must write your own original sentences for each of the literary terms
below. You will see the word ORIGINAL in most of the questions - this means you
need to try to write YOUR OWN sentences, not ones from previous examples or
assignments. Good luck!
1. Write two ORIGINAL sentences using similes in the space below.
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2. Write two ORIGINAL sentences using metaphors in the space below.
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3. Write an ORIGINAL alliterative sentence.
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4. Write three ORIGINAL sentences using onomatopoeias.
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5. Write two ORIGINAL sentences using personification in the space below.
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6. Write two ORIGINAL sentences with hyperboles in the space below.
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7. Give one example of an oxymoron.
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Part 4: Identification (14 marks)
1. For each of the sentences below, identify which literary device(s) is/are being used on the line
provided. (14)
a) He's as old as the hills! _____________
b) Neptune is the god of the sea. _____________
c) That shirt is a little big on you. _____________
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d) Tina took Tom's t-shirt to the tiny tailor. _____________
e) Forget about your breakup - there are plenty of fish in the sea. _____________
f) He proudly washed his brand new Dodge Ram. _____________
g) She was talking so quickly, the words just poured out of her. _____________
h)It was eerily silent in the eye of the storm. _____________
i) He banged the table with his hand, upsetting his glass of pop. _____________
j) The bread was so stale it was like a rock. _____________
k) No man is an island - we need other people in our lives. _____________
l) The bell outside the church kept clanging till everyone was gone. _____________
m) Mary may meet me in the middle of the mall. _____________
n) I've already told you a thousand times - study for tests! _____________
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