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Based on this prompt, which ideas would be most appropriate for leaving the reader with something to think about? Choose two answers.

A
a short list of other Romantic poets who wrote during Wordsworth's era
B
a relevant fact about Wordsworth that reinforces the essay's overall thesis
C
a comment about which poem seems to best capture Wordsworth's ideas
D
a few important facts about Wordsworth's life and accomplishments
E
a relevant quotation by Wordsworth that reflects his ideas about poetry
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Read the sentences below.(1) Wordsworth believed that poetry should include emotional experiences, and his poem "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud” includes several of these experiences. (2) The speaker encounters a field of daffodils that he describes as "jocund company.” (3) Later, as the speaker reflects on seeing the cheerful daffodils, he says the memory gives him great joy. (4) The speaker realizes that the memory of the flowers provides a more powerful emotional experience than the experience itself did.

A
“For instance”
B
“Furthermore”
C
“As a result”
D
“Specifically”
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Which lines from "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" describe an emotional experience of the speaker?

A
When all at once I saw a crowd,A host, of golden daffodils
B
Ten thousand saw I at a glance,Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.
C
The waves beside them danced; but theyOut-did the sparkling waves in glee
D
And then my heart with pleasure fills,And dances with the daffodils.
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Read the paragraph.(1) Wordsworth believed that poetry should include emotional experiences, and his poem "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" includes several of these experiences. (2) Furthermore, the speaker encounters a field of daffodils that he describes as "jocund company." (3) Later, as the speaker reflects on seeing the cheerful daffodils, he says the memory gives him great joy. (4) The speaker realizes that the memory of the flowers provides a more powerful emotional experience than the experience itself did.

A
"Finally" should be added to the beginning of sentence 1.
B
In sentence 2, "furthermore" should be changed to "specifically."
C
In sentence 3, "later" should be changed to "therefore."
D
"Moreover" should be added to the beginning of sentence 4.
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Read the graphic organizer below.Which statement best completes the blank in this graphic organizer?

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A
The speaker is openly frightened.
B
The speaker is desperately hopeful.
C
The speaker is extremely doubtful.
D
The speaker is unashamedly excited.
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Read the paragraph.In describing the woman's beauty, Byron writes, "And all that's best of dark and bright / Meet in her aspect and her eyes." At the end of the poem, the woman is described as having "a mind at peace with all below" and "a heart whose love is innocent." Through the use of common words and phrases such as these, Byron succeeds in using everyday language to describe the woman's beauty.

A
Lord Byron's Romantic poem "She walks in beauty" describes in tremendous detail the beauty of a woman the speaker sees while attending a social gathering one night.
B
Several of Wordsworth's ideas about poetry are reflected in Romantic poems, and many lines in Byron's poem "She walks in beauty" prove this to be true.
C
Lord Byron's poem "She walks in beauty" tells the story of a speaker who spies a woman and describes her beauty in unusual ways.
D
Wordsworth's belief that poetry should include everyday language is reflected in Lord Byron's poem "She walks in beauty," which relies heavily on common language to describe the woman.
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Read the excerpt from "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud."I wandered lonely as a cloudThat floats on high o'er vales and hills

A
unrealistic settings.
B
colorful descriptions.
C
everyday situations.
D
unique experiences.
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Read the lines from "She Walks in Beauty."She walks in beauty, like the nightOf cloudless climes and starry skies

A
a simile.
B
symbolism.
C
a metaphor.
D
personification.
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A
a simile
B
symbolism
C
a metaphor
D
personification
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Read the lines from "She Walks in Beauty."The smiles that win, the tints that glow,But tell of days in goodness spent,A mind at peace with all below,A heart whose love is innocent!

A
Poetry should present the ordinary in unusual ways.
B
Poetry should include fantastical, dreamlike settings.
C
Poetry should revolve around feelings and emotions.
D
Poetry should focus heavily on everyday situations.

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