A Veterans Day Poem

What is the message of A Veterans Day Poem?

• Thanks to veterans we have freedom today

• Veterans dress funny and walk slowly

• Support all veterans by enjoying their stories

But memories of heroes present and past

Will never, ever die

Stanza 1 Lines 3-4 have which type of figurative language?

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole

Synonyms for the word preserve (stanza 2 line 7) include all of the following except:

• safeguard

• defend

• retain

• endanger

Support our families, support our troops

Support our country, too

(stanza 10 lines 37-38)

These lines in the last stanza contain:

• repetition

• alliteration

• personification

• metaphor

The mood of A Veterans Day Poem could be described as:

• solemn

• ecstatic

• regretful

A Veterans Day Poem contains a rhyme scheme.

• true

• false

Lines 1-2 in Stanza 1 use hyperbole to show:

• how quickly a day can go by

• blinking takes a lot of time and effort

• Veterans Day is a waste of time

• how similar days and eyes are

But they were young when duty called

And off to war did go.

(Stanza 7 Lines 27-28)

These lines are an example of:

• hyperbole

• personification

• metaphor

• alliteration

The American flag is a ___________ of our country.

• symbol

• personification

• simile

• idiom

Which line from A Veterans Day Poem shows sensory language being used?

• Veterans Day will come and go

• Many came home, some never did

• They paid the bill with their own blood

• Remember all those men before you