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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What technique is employed in line 16, "Even losing you"?

2. What does the second stanza suggest the "art" of losing consists of?

3. What is different about the final stanza of "One Art"?

4. How many stanzas does "One Art" have?

5. Which is the best description of the tone of stanza one?

Short Essay Questions

1. On the surface level, what is the main message of "One Art"?

2. To whom is the parenthetical comment "(Write it!)" addressed in line 19, and how does this comment impact the reader's understanding of the poem?

3. How does the speaker arrange the examples of things that can be lost?

4. How does the speaker's diction increase the emotional stakes as the poem progresses?

5. How does the change in stanza structure in the final stanza mimic the poem's changing meaning?

6. What difference is there in the way the two refrain lines are repeated throughout the poem?

7. Describe the form of "One Art."

8. Which two verb moods are used in "One Art," and where are they employed?

9. What is the poem's dominant meter, and how is it regularly interrupted?

10. What are the refrains employed in "One Art"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay that makes and defends a claim about the logical flow of ideas in "One Art." Support your argument with both quoted and paraphrased evidence from the text.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay that analyzes tone shifts in "One Art." Identify where these occur, examine how they are created, and explain their purpose in supporting meaning. Support your claims with quoted evidence from the text.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay that makes and defends a claim about diction in "One Art." Support your argument with both quoted and paraphrased evidence from the text.

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