Multiple Choice
Identify the
choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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“…puff, puff, like summer / cumulus
above her bed” (lines 2 and 3) is an example of
a. | simile. | b. | metaphor. | c. | oxymoron. | d. | apostrophe. |
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In this poem, the daughter is
a. | leaving forever. | b. | departing for college. | c. | moving down the
river. | d. | gazing across the
street. |
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The phrase, “her pure / depth of
feeling,” (lines 14 and 15) implies that the daughter is
a. | intense. | b. | indifferent. | c. | imaginative. | d. | impressionable. |
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“I could not imagine / my life with
her” (lines 20 and 21) suggests that the speaker was
a. | agitated by her life. | b. | worried about her daughter leaving. | c. | depressed by the onset of winter. | d. | uncertain about life as a mother. |
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“[A] column of steam” (line
23) is an example of
a. | a hyperbole. | b. | a paradox. | c. | an
image. | d. | an
understatement. |
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Lines 24 to 27 suggest that the speaker
understands
a. | some children don’t like their
parents. | b. | some children never want to leave
home. | c. | some parents force their children to
leave. | d. | some parents are not as fortunate as she
is. |
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7.
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Lines 29 and 30 contain examples
of
a. | rhyme. | b. | assonance. | c. | dissonance. | d. | onomatopoeia. |
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The main conflict in the poem is
a. | external. | b. | physical. | c. | emotional. | d. | intellectual. |
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