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QUESTION 1

  1. Read the passage from “The Pasture” by Robert Frost.

    I’m going out to fetch the little calf
    That’s standing by the mother. It’s so young,
    It totters when she licks it with her tongue.
    I sha’n’t be gone long.—You come too.

    Which type of voice do you see used in this passage?

    dramatic

    academic

    conversational

    formal

2 points  

QUESTION 2

  1. Read the passage from Emily Dickinson’s poem “The Morns Are Meeker Than They Were.”

    The Maple wears a gayer scarf–

    The field a scarlet gown–

    Which choice best describes the effect of figurative language on these lines?

    The author uses simile to compare the maple tree to a scarf.

    The author uses metaphor to describe the maple as a red gown.

    The author uses personification to connect with the reader by giving the maple human characteristics.

    The author uses hyperbole to make exaggerated statements about women’s clothing.

2 points  

QUESTION 3

  1. What is the meaning of the term personification?

    The use of symbols to represent ideas

    Using vivid language to create images for the reader

    Making comparisons using like or as

    Giving human qualities to nonhuman objects

2 points  

QUESTION 4

  1. Read the passage.

    Broken and broken

    again on the sea, the moon

    so easily mends.

    Which word best describes the mood of this haiku?

    thoughtful

    happy

    angry

    anxious

2 points  

QUESTION 5

  1. How many syllables are in the three lines of a haiku?10

    13

    15

    17

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