The Spider-Sound Effects in Poetry

Read lines 17-20 of the poem. Which line from this stanza carries to the next line without a pause?

• Now look! it has got to its home; do you see

• What a delicate web it has spun in the tree?

• Why, here, my dear Ann, is a lesson for you:

• Come learn from this spider what patience can do!

What is the overall message of the poem?

• All spiders are harmless.

• It is wrong to hurt defenseless creatures.

• Animals can help people.

• Living in fear will make you unhappy.

Which pattern best describes the rhyme scheme of this poem?

• aaab

• aabb

• abab

• abba

Read line 1 of the poem: "Oh, look at that great ugly spider!" said Ann; Which of the following best represents the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables used in this line?

• "Oh, look at that great ugly spider!" said Ann;

• "Oh, look at that great, ugly spider!" said Ann;

• "Oh, look at that great ugly spider!" said Ann;

• "Oh, look at that great ugly spider!" said Ann;

What example of onomatopoeia would be most appropriate to add to the first stanza?

• Crunch!

• Eek!

• Yum!

• Woof!

Read line 13: "For them to fear us we must grant to be just," Which word from this line should be stressed when it is read aloud?

• fear

• must

• grant

• be

Which line from the poem features an example of internal rhyme?

• And screaming; she brush'd it away with her fan;

• I wish that it would not come crawling on me.

• "Indeed," said her mother, "I'll venture to say,

• For them to fear us we must grant to be just,

Read lines 21-24 of the poem. Why does Ann's mother tell her that the spider is wiser than she is?

• It narrowly escaped being squashed by Ann.

• It is kind to other living things.

• It has no fear of humans, even though a human could easily kill it.

• It can do a complex task without getting distracted.

Which line from the poem best supports it's message?

• "Tis a frightful black creature as ever can be,

• But it's little black legs, as it hurried away,

• For, were they to try, they could do us no harm.

• Why here, my dear Ann, is a lesson for you:

Read lines 7 and 8 of the poem: For after the fright, and the fall, and the pain, It has much more occasion than you to complain. Which two words from these lines give an example of alliteration?

• fright and fall

• it and you

• more and occasion

• pain and complain