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Ten questions of mixed difficulty, covering Close reading, Devices, Personal response, Poetry. Print it, or work through it on screen — the answer key starts on its own page.

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  1. Enjambment is when

    1. a) a sentence continues past a line ending without a pause
    2. b) a stanza repeats
    3. c) two lines rhyme
    4. d) a line ends with a full stop

  2. A poet who breaks an established metre in one line is most likely

    1. a) drawing attention to that line
    2. b) changing the rhyme scheme
    3. c) ending the poem
    4. d) making a mistake

  3. Situational irony occurs when

    1. a) the outcome is the opposite of what was expected
    2. b) the reader knows more than a character
    3. c) a speaker means the opposite of the words used
    4. d) a symbol repeats

  4. An extended metaphor is most effective when

    1. a) the narrator explains it
    2. b) several comparisons are mixed
    3. c) it is stated once
    4. d) the comparison is developed consistently, each detail corresponding

  5. Describing a room as cramped, dim and airless rather than small, shaded and still mainly establishes

    1. a) a formal register
    2. b) the room's exact size
    3. c) the narrator's age
    4. d) a negative tone, through connotation

  6. A response that is well written but drifts from the prompt will

    1. a) receive no mark
    2. b) lose marks because the idea is not developed
    3. c) score well for style
    4. d) be marked on form alone

  7. The speaker of a poem

    1. a) is always fictional
    2. b) is the voice presenting it, and need not be the poet
    3. c) is the person addressed
    4. d) is always the poet

  8. A rhyme scheme is recorded by

    1. a) counting syllables
    2. b) numbering stanzas
    3. c) assigning a letter to each new end sound
    4. d) marking stresses

  9. Diction means a writer's

    1. a) punctuation
    2. b) paragraph order
    3. c) choice of words
    4. d) sentence length

  10. An inference is

    1. a) a conclusion drawn from evidence in the text plus reasoning
    2. b) the writer's stated opinion
    3. c) a direct quotation
    4. d) a guess with no support

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English 10-1 · maddyhelps.com

  1. a) a sentence continues past a line ending without a pause — The reader is pulled across the break, creating speed, surprise or a double meaning as the phrase completes. An end-stopped line does the opposite.
  2. a) drawing attention to that line — Departure only registers against a pattern. Once a rhythm is established, disrupting it is one of the loudest things a poet can do quietly.
  3. a) the outcome is the opposite of what was expected — A fire station burning down is situational irony. Coincidence is not — the reversal has to run against an expectation the text deliberately set up.
  4. d) the comparison is developed consistently, each detail corresponding — Sustaining a comparison lets a writer think through it rather than decorate with it. A mixed metaphor breaks the correspondence, usually along with the reader's attention.
  5. d) a negative tone, through connotation — Both sets describe the same room. The first carries discomfort in its associations, and that judgement is the writer's attitude showing through.
  6. b) lose marks because the idea is not developed — Style might still score respectably, but the idea category is where drifting costs you. Writing well about the wrong thing is one of the most expensive habits on this assignment.
  7. b) is the voice presenting it, and need not be the poet — Treating the speaker as the poet is a common slip and sometimes an unfair one. Write about the speaker unless the poem gives you reason to identify the two.
  8. c) assigning a letter to each new end sound — ABAB, AABB and ABBA are the common patterns. It describes the sounds at the ends of lines; internal rhyme is a separate effect.
  9. c) choice of words — Diction is the most reliable evidence for tone. Naming a word as formal, colloquial or clinical says far more than calling a passage descriptive.
  10. a) a conclusion drawn from evidence in the text plus reasoning — An inference has two halves: something the text gives you, and the reasoning that gets you from it to your conclusion. If you cannot point at the evidence, a marker cannot give credit for it.