KEEPING QUIET PABLO NERUDA

The poet appeals to the readers to keep quiet for

• 10 SECONDS

• 12 SECONDS

• 12 HOURS

• 12 MONTHS

He advises the people not to speak

• SPANISH

• ENGLISH

• FRENCH

• NOT ANY LANGUAGE

What kind of a moment would it be when everyone is silent

• TERRIBLE

• EXOTIC

• PAINFUL

• UNFORGETTABLE

Sudden strangeness is one of the following poetic devices:

• ALLITERATION

• PERSONIFICATION

• REPETITION

• SIMILE

Fishermen in the cold sea would not harm

• MERMAIDS

• TORTOISES

• WHALES

• SEAHORSE

Who would look at his hurt hands?

• MAN GATHERING SALT

• MAN GATHERING STONES

• MAN PICKING RAGS

• grave diggers

The types of wars the poet talks about are

• green wars, wars with gas, wars with fire

• technology war

• verbal war

• cold war

The men in clean clothes would be walking with their

• wives

• brothers

• nephews

• girl friends

Where would they be walking?

• in the park

• on the road

• in shade

• along the river

What, according to the poet, would interrupt the sadness of man’s life?

• great laughter

• huge silence

• arguments

• fights

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9