Unit Skills Assessment



1.	The basic unit of stressed and unstressed syllables used to describe rhythm in poetry is called
	A.	scansion
	B.	foot
	C.	free verse
	D.	stanza

2.	Enjambment is the continuation of a sentence or phrase from one line of a poem to the next without a pause.
	A.	True
	B.	False

3.	Click on the letter of the word that means about the same as the underlined word. That mountain is immense!
	A.	snowy
	B.	dangerous
	C.	huge
	D.	volcanic

4.	Which of the following is NOT true of prose poetry?
	A.	It avoids line breaks.
	B.	It uses sentences and paragraphs.
	C.	It uses elements of poetry, such as rhythm and figures of speech.
	D.	It uses a set rhyme scheme.

5.	Which of the following is an example of personification?
	A.	The waves crashed against the shore.
	B.	The wind’s icy breath brushed our cheeks.
	C.	The ice dripped slowly as it melted.
	D.	The lake was as smooth as glass.

6.	When you paraphrase a text, you
	A.	retell it in your own words.
	B.	summarize the main idea.
	C.	identify the rhyme scheme.
	D.	use prior knowledge.

7.	Which of the following is NOT true of imagery?
	A.	It is descriptive language.
	B.	It appeals to one or more of the five senses.
	C.	It always includes figurative language.
	D.	It helps create an emotional response in the reader.

8.	Juxtaposition is a literary device in which sounds, words, phrases, lines, or stanzas are repeated for emphasis.
	A.	True
	B.	False

9.	When you analyze cultural context, you
	A.	examine the time and place in which a text was written.
	B.	determine the point of view of a text.
	C.	consider the customs, values, and beliefs of a group of people in order to better understand a text.
	D.	determine what statement the text is making about life and how it affects the culture in which it takes place.

10.	Free verse is
	A.	poetry without a fixed structual pattern.
	B.	poetry with a strict structural pattern.
	C.	an unrhymed Japanese verse form.
	D.	poetry that uses sentences and paragraph form.

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