Poetry Anthology - Ozymandias

Who wrote Ozymandias?

• Percy Shelley
• Samuel Taylor Colderidge
• William Wordsworth
• Lord Byron

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CCSS.RL.3.1

Within 'Ozymandias', where do you think the traveller was referring to?

• Egypt

• France

• Australia

• Canada

Within Ozymandias, what did the traveller see?

• Two vast and trunkless legs of stone

• One vast and trunkless leg of stone

• Two vast and trunkless legs of steel

• Two vast and truncated legs of stone

Complete the quote from 'Ozymandias': "whose frown,

And wrinkled lip, and ______________________,

Tell that its sculptor well those passions read."

• sneer of cold command

• sneer of mocking scorn

• expression of arrogance

• expression of anger

How many voices/speakers are in "Ozymandias"?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

In line 1 of 'Ozymandias', what does "antique" mean?

• ancient

• mysterious

• souvenir

• unknown

Which device is in the following line of 'Ozymandias': "The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed"?

• allusion

• oxymoron

• personification

• simile

What form is 'Ozymandias' written in?

• Ballad

• Sonnet

• Epic poem

• Lyrical

What devices is the following line from 'Ozymandias': "King of Kings".

• Rhetorical question

• Personification

• Simile

• Superlative

How was the poet that wrote 'Ozymandias' viewed by people of his time?

• supportive of the government

• critical of people who act as if they are invincible

• ‘radical’ (nontraditional in his thinking) for his time.

• conformist - a follower