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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. How many refrains does "One Art" contain?
2. What is the verb mood of line 4, "Lose something every day"?
3. In the first stanza, what does the speaker suggest makes the loss of some things especially easy to accept?
4. Who is the author of "One Art"?
5. What is the meaning of the word "fluster" in line 4?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the speaker arrange the examples of things that can be lost?
2. What difference is there in the way the two refrain lines are repeated throughout the poem?
3. How does the change in stanza structure in the final stanza mimic the poem's changing meaning?
4. 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?
5. Describe the form of "One Art."
6. What are the refrains employed in "One Art"?
7. How does the speaker's diction increase the emotional stakes as the poem progresses?
8. On the surface level, what is the main message of "One Art"?
9. Which two verb moods are used in "One Art," and where are they employed?
10. What is the poem's dominant meter, and how is it regularly interrupted?
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 meter of "One Art." Support your argument with both quoted and paraphrased evidence from the text.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay that explicates the musicality of "One Art." Be sure to explain how the devices you name and explain create meaning within the context of the text as a whole. 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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