Unit Assessment



1.	Which pair of answers sequentially completes the following statements: The repetition of consonant sounds in non-rhyming words is called __________. The repetition of similar vowel sounds in non-rhyming words is called __________.
	A.	assonance, consonance
	B.	consonance, assonance
	C.	alliteration, allegorization
	D.	allegorization, alliteration

2.	Explain how a reader analyzes mood.


3.	In a dramatic monologue, the poem's speaker addresses a silent listener.
	A.	True
	B.	False

Read the following passage from Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre. Then answer question 4.
Mrs. Reed might be at that time some six- or seven-and-thirty; she was a woman of robust frame, square shouldered and strong limbed, not tall, and, though stout, not obese; she had a somewhat large face, the underjaw being much developed and very solid; her brow was low, her chin large and prominent, mouth and nose sufficiently regular. . .



4.	This passage is an example of __________
	A.	direct characterization
	B.	indirect characterization
	C.	historical narrative
	D.	verse paragraph

5.	The regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables that gives rhythm to poetry is called__________.
	A.	ballad
	B.	beat
	C.	meter
	D.	diction

6.	Click the correct definition of the underlined word. The colorful fireworks display was extraordinary this year.
	A.	swift; fast
	B.	linked so closely that it is almost impossible to separate
	C.	concerned with the deeper meaning of life.
	D.	very unusual or remarkable

7.	Explain what a reader does when he or she compares and contrasts.


8.	Lyric poems are usually very long and musical.
	A.	True
	B.	False

9.	When the actual outcome of a situation completely different from its expected outcome, __________ has occurred.
	A.	verbal irony
	B.	free verse
	C.	sarcasm
	D.	situational irony

Read the following stanza from Thomas Hardy's poem "Ah, Are You Digging on My Grave?". Then answer question 10.
"Ah yes! You dig upon my grave…
Why flashed it not on me
That one true heart was left behind!
What feeling do we ever find
To equal among human kind
A dog's fidelity!"



10.	Based on this stanza, what can you generalize about Thomas Hardy's feelings toward dogs?

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