An Unwelcome Guest poem, reading

How can you tell that "An Unwelcome Guest" is poetry?

• it includes dialogue

• it is divided into stanzas

• it has characters and a plot

• it tells about important events in an author's life

Who is the unwelcome guest in this poem?

• windblown trees

• greenish clouds

• a strong storm

• a rude relative

Here is a line from the poem:

The angry guest shrieks and roars.

This is an example of which?

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

• personification

• simile

What does the word shrieks mean in line 6?

• laughs

• asks

• sings

• screams

Line 16 of the poem is:

Streets are streams and cars are fish.

What type of figurative language is this?

• personification

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

The main message of the poem is about the -

• power of a storm

• need to work together

• excitement of a new adventure

• importance of fixing past mistakes

What context clues help you understand what the word departs means?

• Streets are streams and cars are fish

• Leaving us

• a most rude guest

• keeping us awake all night

The Unwelcome Guest mentioned in the title is-

• the narrator

• the people of the city

• the author

• the storm

There are lines and stanzas in this poem.

• 20, 5

• 20, 4

• 4, 20

• 5, 20

How does the author feel about the unwelcome guest?

• excited and happy

• liberated and refreshed

• annoyed and scared

• angry and confused