unit 6 week 4

unit 6 week 4

Open Ended

What do you notice about the structure of the poem?

Multiple Choice

Some stanzas of the poem are shorter than others. Why do you think the author used this structure?

• The poet got bored and didn't feel like writing a lot

• the poet uses short stanzas to draw attention to specific actions or feelings of the people in Rhyolite

• the short stanzas need to be short in order for it to be a poem.

Multiple Choice

Why do you think the poet links the words dynamite and Rhyolite by rhyming them?

• The miners used dynamite to get the gold. The sound of dynamite meant more gold and money for the people of Rhyolite.

• One direction sang a song about dynamite

• Dynamite is dangerous and so is living in Rhyolite

Open Ended

How do the lines at the top help you visualize Rhyolite after the boom?

Multiple Choice

How would you describe the rhyme scheme of the last stanza?

• abab

• aaaa

• aabb