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1. Which of the following correctly describes a haiku?

• a poem with five lines that has a specific rhyme scheme and is often humorous
• a non-rhyming, 17-syllable poem generally divided into three lines and dealing with nature
• a rhyming poem with 14 lines that can either be written in English or Italian forms
• a type of poem that tells a story and often focuses on heroic characters from the past

2. In "The Pasture," Robert Frost depicts nature as extremely __________ .

• fragile
• violent
• unrealistic
• funny

3. Christina Rossetti's choice to give speech to a robin, a rosebush, the moon, and the ocean in "A Wintry Sonnet" is a use of __________.

• irony
• imagery
• symbolism
• personification

4. In "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud," the speaker ____________________.

• plants a field of daffodils and watches them grow large and healthy
• is a cloud who floats over various places in the English countryside
• describes the changing colors of the leaves in autumn and how they make him feel
• remembers seeing a field of daffodils and how happy their beauty made him

5. Which is the best statement of the theme of "To Everything There Is a Season"?

• The wind blows where it will, and no one can predict it.
• Summer, fall, winter, and spring each have a special beauty.
• Pain and suffering are part of life, and one must accept them.
• A right time and place exist for each of life's actions.

6. During which season is Emily Dickinson's "The Morns Are Meeker Than They Were" set?

• summer
• autumn
• winter
• spring

7. Which of the following lines is an example of alliteration?

• "A wild, white welter of winnowing wings"
• "I wandered lonely as a cloud"
• "Dreaming of honeycombs to share"
• "But each wild breast stiffened"

8. In a short story, what happens during the exposition?

• The action reaches its highest point or the turning point occurs.
• The action that sets the plot in motion begins.
• The story's main conflict is resolved and the conclusion occurs.
• The characters are introduced and the scene is set for readers.

9. What is the term for the high point of action or turning point in story?

• plot
• climax
• resolution
• rising action

10. When a writer wants to capture the way real people sound when they talk, that writer will write dialogue in __________.

• personification
• alliteration
• dialect
• conflict

11. Readers can more readily identify with a story's narrator if the writer uses __________.

• third-person omniscient point of view
• third-person limited point of view
• second-person point of view
• first-person point of view