Eng 3 Test: Emily DIckinson

ED wrote how many poems?

about 2000

ED had a social life as a teenager.

true

How did ED communicate with friends and family?

Letters

Which poem did Gwyneth Lewis read at the broadcast?

"I'm Nobody! Who are you?"

ED loved to party with her friends in her adult life.

False

What choice does the soul make?

She decides whom to include her own society.

What does the speaker compare to a frog?

Someone who enjoys being noticed

In poetry of Emily Dickinson, which suggests most clearly about her attitude toward society?

She prefers being private not public.

Which word in these sentences is an abstract noun? The crumbs of your affection are like the sand in the wind.

Affection

In "Fame is a fickle food" what word is an example of an onomatopeoia?

Caw

How many lines in "There is a solitude of space" ?

8 lines

Emily Dickinson was very popular in her time, well known for her poetry?

False

How many lines in "I heard a fly buzz when I died"

16

How many lines in "There is a solitude of space"

8

How many lines in "Fame is a fickle food"

10

How many lines in "They shut me up in prose"

12

How many lines in "The Soul unto itself"

8

Host

master of ceremonies, moderator, or interviewer on a broad cast

Interview

conversation in which a host asks questions of one or more guests

Commentary

remarks that illustrate a point, prompt a realization, or explain something

Emperor

ruler of highest rank authority, especially of an empire

Imperial

like something associated with an empire; magnificent or majestic

treason

betrayal of trust or faith, especially against one's country.

Sovereign

monarch or ruler

Captivity

condition of being held prisoner

exact rhyme

now, cow

slant rhyme

firm, room

concrete nouns

name items that can be experienced through one or more of the five senses

abstract nouns

refers to ideas that have no material substance, such as goodness or fear