Question

Read the final lines of "One True Friend," by Etta-May Spenser. Answer the question that follows:

Though I'd never confide all my feelings inside,
To everyone I ever knew.
You are my one true friend and I swear till the end:
I'll never keep secrets from you.

The author uses the same poetic device in line 1 and line 3. Which choice best explains the device she repeats and the reason she does so?

She uses alliteration to create a lounge twister to make a serious topic more playful.
She uses assonance to slow down the rhythm so the reader lingers on every word.
She uses consonance so the words flow together as one and create a unified rhythm.
She uses internal rhyme to quicken the pace and create a sense of anticipation.

Answer 1

D. She uses internal rhyme to quicken the pace and create a sense of anticipation.

Answer 2

"The Rime of the Ancient Mariner," by Samuel Taylor Coleridge tells the tale of a sailor on a long, sea voyage. In the stanza below, the sailor describes being stranded in a sea of undrinkable salt water with nothing to quench his thirst.

Water, water, everywhere,
And all the boards did shrink;
Water, water, everywhere,
Nor any drop to drink.

Which choice best explains the poet's use of poetic devices?

The poet uses assonance to unify the sound of the lines within the verse.
The poet uses internal rhyme to create a pleasing sound to the reader's ear.
The poet uses repetition to highlight how much water surrounds the sailors.
The poet uses no clear poetic devices within these four lines of the poem.

Answer 3

C. The poet uses repetition to highlight how much water surrounds the sailors.

Answer 4

Read the short poem "I'm Not U. I'm U-nique," by Dar Wallace. Answer the question that follows:

Though I appear to be only a teen,
I am unlike anyone you have seen.
I view the world in my own unique way.
I grow and evolve and change every day.

The structure of the poem features

4 lines, 2 couplets, 1 stanza, and 0 quatrains
4 lines, 2 couplets, 1 stanza, and 1 quatrain
3 lines, 0 couplets, 1 stanza, and 1 quatrain
2 lines, 4 couplets, 1 stanza, and 1 quatrain

Answer 5

B.

Answer 6

Read the poem "Hall of Shame," by Darcy Tillane. Answer the question that follows:

The hallway bursts with students
holding hands and making plans,
-scurrying-hurrying-chattering-scattering-
living life, laughing loud,
and leaving me...
lonely.

The structure of the poem contributes to its meaning. The poet chose to break the lines in order to

emphasize a word or phrase
end each line on a rhyming word
follow the rules of grammar
maintain an equal number of syllables per line

Answer 7

A. Emphasize a word or phrase.
Also, that got depressing real fast. x'D

Answer 8

XD

Answer 9

A stanza of a poem is most closely related to what part of a story?

A word
A sentence
A paragraph
A page

Answer 10

A paragraph sounds about right.

Answer 11

A stanza of a poem is most closely related to what part of a story?

A word
A sentence
A paragraph
A page

Answer 12

You already posted that one. x'D

Answer 13

oh

Answer 14

Read this excerpt from "Renaissance," by Edna St. Vincent Millay. Answer the question that follows:

So with my eyes I traced the line
Of the horizon, thin and fine,
Straight around till I was come
Back to where I'd started from;

Line 1 of this excerpt features a strong example of

alliteration
assonance
consonance
repetition

Answer 15

B sounds right.

Answer 16

Read the following excerpt from "The Cloud," by Percy Bysshe Shelley. Answer the question that follows:

I am the daughter of Earth and Water,
And the nursling of the Sky;
I passed through the pores of the oceans and shores;
I change, but I cannot die.

The first and third lines of the stanza feature examples of

alliteration
end rhyme
internal rhyme
repetition

Answer 17

Internal rhyme