U3L1: Reading Portion of Lesson “To the Snake”

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best describes the meaning of the word 'glinting' as used in poetry vocabulary?

• Sparkling or shining

• Throbbing rhythmically

• A trail left by a ship

• The subject of a poem

Fill in the Blanks

Fill in the blank: The words or subject of a piece of writing is called its

.

Open Ended

What do you think Dickinson might mean by the comment: 'If I feel physically as if the top of my head were taken off, I know that is poetry'?

Multiple Choice

Truth or False

A poem is comprised of stanzas, which look like paragraphs.

Un poema se compone de estrofas, que parecen párrafos.

• Truth

  Verdadero

• False

  Falso

Multiple Choice

Truth or False

Each stanza is made up of lines, not sentences.

Cada estrofa está formada de líneas, no de oraciones.

• Truth

  Verdadero

• False

  Falso

Multiple Choice

Truth or False

A stanza break is defined as the poet’s choice to end a line.

Un cambio de estrofa se define como la elección del poeta de terminar una línea.

• Truth

  Verdadero

• False

  Falso

Multiple Choice

Truth or False

Poets always follow grammar rules.

Los poetas siempre siguen las reglas gramaticales.

• Truth

  Verdadero

• False

  Falso

Multiple Choice

Which part of a poem looks like a paragraph?

¿Qué parte de un poema parece un párrafo?

• Stanza

  Estrofa

• Line break

  Salto de línea

• Form

  Forma

Multiple Select

Which of the following are true about Denise Levertov?

• She was born in Essex, United Kingdom.

• She published The Double Image.

• She moved to the United States in 1948.

• She wrote only one poetry collection.

Multiple Choice

How many lines are in this poem?

¿Cuántas líneas tiene este poema?

• 15

• 16

• 17

Multiple Choice

How many words are there in the first lines of the first stanza?

¿Cuántas líneas hay en la primera estrofa?

• 7

• 8

• 9

Multiple Choice

How many stanzas does this poem have?

¿Cuántas estrofas tiene este poema?

• 1

• 2

• 3

Multiple Choice

How many stanza breaks does this poem have?

¿Cuántos saltos de estrofa tiene este poema?

• 1

• 2

• 3

Open Ended

How does the speaker describe the green snake in stanza 1?

¿Cómo describe el hablante la serpiente verde en la estrofa 1?

Open Ended

According to stanza 2, what did the speaker tell her “companions” she believes about the snake?