An Elementary School Classroom In A School

What is the figure of speech used in the line "these children’s faces like rootless weeds"?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Pun

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.7

CCSS.RI.11-12.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

The paper-seeming boy with rat’s eyes means

The boy is

• sly and secretive

• thin, hungry and weak

• unpleasant looking

• All of the above

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Why is the boy called "the stunted, unlucky heir"?

• He has not inherited the property.

• He has not received education.

• He has received disability from his father.

• None of the above

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What does the poet mean by "all their future’s painted with a fog"?

• Their future is beautiful like fog.

• The children have painted their future with fog.

• The fog blocks their future.

• Their future is dark and hazy just like fog.

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What is the figure of speech used in the phrase "lead sky"?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Pun

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Why Shakespeare is called wicked?

• Shakespeare does not teach morals.

• His life is not a good example for these children.

• He uses wicked words.

• He has no relevance for these children and portrays a wrong world.

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

What is the meaning of 'azure' in the context of the above text?

• hazy

• ochre

• the blue colour of the sky

• gray

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

This poem follows the ideology of__________.

• Socialism

• Fascism

• Feminism

• Capitalism

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.11

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What is the figure of speech used in the line "far far from rivers"?

• Pun

• Alliteration

• Simile

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Which phrase/sentence best describes that the children are malnourished?

• The tall girl with her weighed-down head

• The stunted, unlucky heir of twisted bones

• These children wear skins peeped through by bones.

• These children’s faces like rootless weeds

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9