Writing Workshop: Compare-Contrast Essay — Unit test
Question 10 • Common Core ELA 11 - ELA3011 IC
Read the excerpt from “In the Greenest of Our Valleys,” by Edgar Allan Poe.Wanderers in that happy valleyThrough two luminous windows sawSpirits moving musicallyTo a lute's well-tuned lawHow do the ideas in the excerpt compare to Poe’s ideas in "The Poetic Principle"?
Answer
A
The harmonious images are the “Rhythmical Creation of Beauty” that Poe outlines.
B
The picture of a castle relates to the “incitements of Passion” that Poe outlines.
C
The voyage of the wanderers reflect the “lessons of Truth” that Poe explains.
D
The images of instruments represent the “precepts of Duty” that Poe explains.