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Poetry — Test

Question 14 • Literature and Composition I

Read the first stanza from "On a Tree Fallen across the Road." The tree the tempest with a crash of wood Throws down in front of us is not to bar Our passage to our journey’s end for good, But just to ask us who we think we are Which phrase includes an example of onomatopoeia?

Answer
A
"tree the tempest"
B
"crash of wood"
C
"Throws down"
D
"our journey's end"

Explanation

Onomatopoeia uses a word that imitates a sound. “Crash” echoes the loud sound of wood falling, so “crash of wood” is the correct phrase. The other choices do not imitate a sound.

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