Which line is an example of consonance?(1 point)

Question

Responses

Go slow over the road right here.
Go slow over the road right here.

The light shines bright white in their eyes.
The light shines bright white in their eyes.

Her reading, writing, and arithmetic redeemed her.
Her reading, writing, and arithmetic redeemed her.

After all the aches and pains of heartbreak abated, he felt better.

Answer 1

Consonance is the repetition of consonant sounds in close proximity within a phrase or sentence. In the lines you've provided, the example of consonance is:

After all the aches and pains of heartbreak abated, he felt better.

The repetition of the 'b' sound in "abated" and "better" exemplifies consonance.

Answer 2

Use the haiku to answer the question.
What conclusions can readers draw from the way poetic elements are used in the haiku? Select the two correct answers.(1 point)
Responses

The speaker is concerned about where the sun went.
The speaker is concerned about where the sun went.

The mood is foreboding and fearful.
The mood is foreboding and fearful.

The speaker usually enjoys storms.
The speaker usually enjoys storms.

The mood is perplexed and curious.
The mood is perplexed and curious.

The speaker is concerned by the approaching storm.

Answer 3

Without the specific haiku provided, I can offer guidance based on typical interpretations of haikus. In general, if a haiku portrays an approaching storm, the following conclusions might be valid:

1. The speaker is concerned by the approaching storm.
2. The mood is perplexed and curious. (if the speaker reflects on nature's unpredictability)

If the haiku instead evokes fear or apprehension about the storm, then The mood is foreboding and fearful could also apply.

Choose the two options that best fit the imagery and mood presented in the specific haiku you have in mind. If you provide the haiku, I can offer a more tailored response.

Answer 4

Longing
by Paul Laurence Dunbar

If you could sit with me beside the sea to-day,

And whisper with me sweetest dreamings o’er and o’er;

I think I should not find the clouds so dim and gray,

And not so loud the waves complaining at the shore.



If you could sit with me upon the shore to-day,

And hold my hand in yours as in the days of old,

I think I should not mind the chill baptismal spray,

Nor find my hand and heart and all the world so cold.



If you could walk with me upon the strand to-day,

And tell me that my longing love had won your own,

I think all my sad thoughts would then be put away,

And I could give back laughter for the Ocean’s moan!

"Longing" by Paul Laurence Dunbar

Question
Use the poem to answer the question.

What is one way in which diction affects the meaning of the poem?

(1 point)
Responses

The repetition in each stanza highlights the speaker’s love for the sea.
The repetition in each stanza highlights the speaker’s love for the sea.

The word choice contributes to an angry mood.
The word choice contributes to an angry mood.

The word choice contributes to a joyful mood.
The word choice contributes to a joyful mood.

The repetition in each stanza highlights the speaker’s feelings of loneliness.

Answer 5

In the poem "Longing" by Paul Laurence Dunbar, the diction expresses a sense of yearning and desire for connection, as well as feelings of sadness and loneliness when the speaker reflects on the absence of their loved one. Given this context, the best answer would be:

The repetition in each stanza highlights the speaker’s feelings of loneliness.

The repeated phrases and imagery emphasize the longing for companionship and the emotional pain of separation, enhancing the overall meaning of the poem.

Answer 6

Hope is the thing with feathers
by Emily Dickinson

“Hope” is the thing with feathers -
That perches in the soul -
And sings the tune without the words -
And never stops - at all -

And sweetest - in the Gale - is heard -
And sore must be the storm -
That could abash the little Bird
That kept so many warm -

I’ve heard it in the chillest land -
And on the strangest Sea -
Yet - never - in Extremity,
It asked a crumb - of me.

"Hope is the Thing with Feathers" by Emily Dickinson

Question
Use the poem to answer the question.

To which sense does this stanza’s imagery most appeal?

(1 point)
Responses

touch
touch

sight
sight

smell
smell

hearing
hearing

Answer 7

In the poem "Hope is the thing with feathers" by Emily Dickinson, the imagery described in the stanza primarily appeals to the sense of hearing.

The line "And sings the tune without the words" directly refers to sound, focusing on the idea of hope as something that produces a melody. Therefore, the correct answer is:

hearing.

Answer 8

The Odyssey
by Homer

First I release myself, my fellows last:

Fat sheep and goats in throngs we drive before,

And reach our vessel on the winding shore.

With joy the sailors view their friends return’d,

And hail us living whom as dead they mourn’d

Big tears of transport stand in every eye:

I check their fondness, and command to fly.

"The Odyssey" by Homer

Question
Use the passage to answer the question.

Which structural element of epic poetry does this passage reflect?

(1 point)
Responses

falling action
falling action

parallel structure
parallel structure

rising action
rising action

climax

Answer 9

The passage from "The Odyssey" reflects the element of falling action.

In epic poetry, falling action occurs after the climax, as it leads towards the resolution of the narrative. In this excerpt, the focus is on the sailors returning to their vessel and the emotional reactions of joy and relief, which indicates a movement towards resolution after the tensions and conflicts have been addressed.

So the correct answer is:

falling action.