Asked by Susan

Hi, I am doing a correspondence course and was wondering if the answers for my quiz were right, could you help please? My answers are identified by <>. I am aware that someone else has posted on this subject but posted wrong... I hope I did this correctly.


1. If this be error and upon me proved,
I never writ, nor no man ever loved.
These lines are an example of a/an


A. quatrain.
B. octet.

C. couplet.<my answer>

D. sestet.




2. The line "I wandered lonely as a cloud" is an example of

A. a metaphor.
B. a simile.<my answer>

C. a couplet.

D. alliteration.




3. In "Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day?" Shakespeare claims that the object of his sonnet will be immortal because

A. he'll always love her.
B. she's for all seasons.

C. she'll live on in his poem.<my answer>

D. she's like the summer's day.




4. Which one of the following sentences is an example of a metaphor?

A. I am a rock.
B. She eats like a bird.<my answer>

C. I'm as hungry as a wolf.

D. The breeze blew the branches back and forth.




5. The way Cowley uses the phrase "my own country" is an example of

A. simile.<my answer>
B. consonance.

C. repetition.

D. personification.




6. The phrase "mid-May" is an example of

A. assonance.
B. consonance.

C. alliteration.<my answer>

D. metaphor.




7. During the Romantic period, poets placed an emphasis on

A. discipline.
B. order.

C. hierarchy.

D. nature.<my answer>




8. Which one of the following words is an iamb?

A. Rachel
B. Alice

C. JoAnne<my answer>

D. Sally




9. The line "A tree whose hungry mouth is prest" is an example of iambic

A. trimeter.<my answer, but I really don't think this is right>
B. pentameter.

C. tetrameter.

D. dimeter.




10. What is the most probable reason that rhyme and repetition first found their ways into poems?

A. People wanted a beat they could dance to.
B. They were written for the upper class.<my answer>

C. Heroes in epics tended to talk that way.

D. The poems were easier to remember and pass on.




11. Which one of the poems you've read uses the words floats, fluttering, and dancing?

A. "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud"<my answer>
B. "Let Me Not to the Marriage of True Minds"

C. "Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day?"

D. "The Long Voyage"




12. Emphasizing the importance of order, law, discipline, and tradition is typical of _______ literature.

A. Romantic
B. Classical<my answer>

C. discursive

D. dramatic




13. Which one of the following phrases is an example of consonance?

A. From rest and sleep, which but thy pictures be.<my answer>
B. Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines

C. Drink to me only with thine eyes

D. River birch and upland beech




14. Which one of the poems you've read has the rhyme scheme AA BB CC . . . ?

A. "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud"
B. "Let Me Not to the Marriage of True Minds"

C. "The Long Voyage"

D. "Trees"<my answer p.97 of my text.>




15. "Let Me Not to the Marriage of True Minds" is an example of which type of poem?

A. Narrative
B. Discursive

C. Dramatic

D. Descriptive<my answer>




16. "Foam brightens like the dogwood now" is an example of

A. a simile.
B. a metaphor.<my answer>

C. alliteration.

D. consonance.




17. The rhyme scheme of Shakespeare' s sonnets is

A. AABB CCDD EEFF GG.
B. ABAB CDCD EFEF GG.

C. ABBA CDDC EFFE GG.<my answer>

D. ABCD ABCD ABCD GG.




18. Who are the "fools" mentioned in the poem "Trees"?

A. Poets
B. Gods<my answer>

C. Trees

D. Robins




19. The repeated use of the "o" sound in "A host, of golden daffodils" is called

A. consonance.
B. assonance.

C. alliteration.

D. rhyme.<my answer>




20. A definition of formal poetry is verse that

A. sticks to certain traditional patterns.<my answer>
B. has no rhyme scheme.

C. uses figurative language.

D. is written in blank verse.


*Again, thank you for your time to all who may answer my question. :)*

Susan

Answers

Answered by GuruBlue
1. right
2. right
3. of those answers - right
4. nope - look at the word "like"
5. ( I don't know this poem)
6. right
7. right
8. right
9. a tree/ whose hun/ gry mouth/ is prest/
10. Remember poetry was not written at first... but memorized.
11. right
12. right
13.remember consonance is repetition of consonant sounds.
14.
15.right
16. again, look at the word like
17. check again
18.
19. "host", "golden" "daffodils" - check again
20.right
Answered by Writeacher
1. correct
2. correct
3. correct
4. incorrect
5. (can't tell without the whole work)
6. correct
7. correct
8. correct
9. incorrect - Count the syllables and then look up these terms at http://www.answers.com
10. incorrect
11. ??
12. correct
13. incorrect http://www.answers.com/consonance
14. ??
15. ??
16. incorrect http://www.answers.com
17. correct
18. ??
19. incorrect
20. correct

I'd have to look up each of those poems where there are ?? to see. I can get back to you one them in about two hours.
Answered by Writeacher
11. correct

14. correct

15. incorrect

18. incorrect; reread the next to last line.
Answered by teenie
4. wrong
5.wrong
9.wrong
13.wrong
15,16,17,18,19 all wrong i just took this test.
Answered by Anonymous
hokins use of seared bleared and smeared is an
Answered by Anonymous
a villanelle is
Answered by Anonymous
the form of the god's grandeur is that of
Answered by Anonymous
which one of the following poem is an english sonnet?
Answered by Anonymous
in death be not proud the speaker is addressing his words to?
Answered by luckyboy
need help with examination number 0077900
Answered by Darcelle
please help me
Answered by cesbluit femic
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Answered by Ashley
Here are the correct answers. I just took the test. 5/12/09.
1. C
2. B
3. C
4. A
5. C
6. C
7. D
8. C
9. C
10. D
11. A
12. B
13. D
14. D
15. B
16. A
17. B
18. A
19. B
20. A
Answered by Anonymous
Ashley's answers are all right. Thanks! =)
Answered by Samantha
All of Ashley's answers are right.
Answered by shealean
Let Me Not to the Marriage of True Minds" is an example of which type of poem
Answered by poetry part 1
scan this line from Conlys poem It hills . law within my reach
Answered by Anita
poetry, part2

hopkins's use of seared bleared and smeared is an example of
Answered by Statia
I just took the test and ashley is absolutely correct. 100% I am glad I have this grade because tha world history exam killed my GPA average
Answered by Student
Ashley's answers are wrong I used them and got a really really low score. Only 6 answers were right. Last time I use this to double check my answers, if I would of stuck with my original answers I might have passed but I thought I was wrong cause everyone said Ashley's answers were 100% correct. DO NOT TRUST ANYONE ELSE SAYING ASHLEY'S ANSWERS ARE CORRECT!!!
Answered by flor b
1c-2b-3c-4a-5c-6c-7d-8c-9c-10d-11a-12b-13d- 14d-15b-16a-17b-18a-19a-20a
Answered by cOuNtRy GiRl
CORRECT ANSWERS!! ARE :
1. C
2. B
3. C
4. A
5. C
6. C
7. D
8. C
9. C
10 D
11. A
12. B
13. D
14. D
15. B
16. A
17. B
18. A
19. B
20. A
Answered by katelynn
yupp, that's all correct.(:
100% Babyy!!<3
Answered by Mariah
Ashley is right! And so is Country girl! 100% the only one i missed was 5 and that's because I accidentally put A instead of C

Answered by rebecca
all my answers is correct too
Answered by smiley
1. B Correct
2. A Correct
3. B C STUDY GUID 88-93
4. B Correct
5. A Correct
6. B Correct
7. D A STUDY GUIDE 95
8. B Correct
9. C Correct
10. D B STUDY GUIDE 86-87
11. A Correct
12. B Correct
13. D Correct
14. A Correct
15. A D STUDY GUID 86-88
16. C B STUDY GUID 89-93
17. C Correct
18. A Correct
19. A Correct
20. B Correct
Answered by Tyler
Student, Ashley's answers were probably correct, but Penn Foster will switch around the answers sometimes. Meaning, if you put in Ashley's same letters like "A" "B" "C" the correct answers when you take the test might be "B" "D" "A".
Hope this helps you. :)
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