Casey At The Bat Vocab

Front

Image created by 'five thousand tongues applauded':

Back

Crowd cheering for Casey at bat.

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

Front

Line that creates irritation in the poem?

Back

“They saw his face grow stern and cold, they saw his muscles strain.”

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

Front

Example of alliteration:

Back

“With a smile of Christian charity great Casey's visage shone”

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Front

Tone change from stanza 4 to 5:

Back

Despair to joy.

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

Front

Connotation of “haughty grandeur”?

Back

Negative connotation: self-centered and conceited.

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5C

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Front

Best synonym for 'doffed' in: 'He lightly doffed his hat.'

Back

Removed

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Front

Line that does NOT exemplify personification:

Back

“For Casey, mighty Casey, was advancing to the bat.”

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Front

Synonym for 'blot' in: 'Oh how we hated Casey, he was a blot upon the game.'

Back

Joke

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Front

Author's repetition of strikes in both poems impacts the mood by creating excitement within the crowd at a close game.

Back

Excitement in the crowd at a close game.

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Front

The phrase "died at second" in Stanza 1 refers to:

Back

The player was tagged out at second base.

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.4