Animal - poem

Who is the poet of the poem "Animals"?

• Walt Whitman

• Carolyn Wells

• Robert Frost

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What is the meaning of "placid"?

• peaceful

• greedy

• jealousy

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Name the literary device used in the line "I think I could turn and live with animals"

• Assonance

• Simile

• Metaphor

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

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CCSS.RL.8.5

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What is the meaning of "whine"?

• a drink

• to cry

• to shout

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

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Name the poetic device used in

They do not sweat and whine about their condition,

They do not lie awake in the dark and weep for their sins,

They do not make me sick discussing their duty to God,

• Anaphora

• repetition

• metaphor

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

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Name the literary device used in "They bring me tokens of myself"

• Metaphor

• Personification

• alliteration

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

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What qualities have the humans given up?

• innocence

• kindness

• truthfulness

• all of the above

How do animals appear to the poet?

• calm

• self contented

• confident

• all the above

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CCSS.RL.11-12.11

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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According to the poet animals don't....

• sweat

• complain about their condition

• weep for their sins

• hunt

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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According to the poet, what mania do human beings suffer from?

• Possessing materialistic things

• good qualities

• contentment

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

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