Unit 2 Week 5 Comprehension (Stage Fright)

What is the theme of these poems?

• Might makes right.

• Difficult goals are impossible.

• Difficult goals can be accomplished.

• If at first you do not succeed, try, try again.

What type of poem is “Stage Fright?”

• haiku

• acrostic

• limerick

• free verse

Read the following line from the “Stage Fright.”

I studied and studied my perfect Prince-part.

What does the poet use alliteration in these lines?

• to compare studying to the part

• to compare studying to the Prince

• to emphasize the importance of the arts

• to emphasize how much he studied for the part

What is the setting of the poem “Catching Quiet?”

• a city

• the sky

• an airport

• the country

What does the poet suggest the reader do when he or she “catches some quiet”?

• Take it home.

• Put it in your heart

• Put it in your mind.

• Give it to another person.