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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. Who is the author of "One Art"?

2. What is used for the first time in the poem's final stanza?

3. Lines 4 and 6, ending in the words "fluster" and "master," exhibit what type of rhyme?

4. In line 7, "Then practice losing farther, losing faster," rhythm is created through which devices?

5. What "Art" does the title refer to?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the form of "One Art."

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

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

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

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

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

8. 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?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay that analyzes the purpose of the synecdoche and metonymy used in lines 16 and 17. Identify where these techniques are used, explain the effect they create, and then explain how this effect supports the meaning of the overall poem. Support your claims with quoted evidence from the text.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay that analyzes the significance of the title of "One Art." Support your argument with both quoted and paraphrased evidence from the text.

Essay Topic 3

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

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