Count Nouns, Mass Nouns, Elements of Poetry

Which of the following is a count noun?

• butter

• cup

• ice cream

What noun counter can be used for cheese?

• bottle

• strand

• slice

What makes a word a mass noun?

• If you can count it and it has weight

• If it makes an action like eat, drink, and speak

• If it uses a noun counter because it is uncountable

Which of the following is a mass noun?

• apple

• banana

• orange juice

What phrase uses an incorrect noun counter?

• a piece of cake

• a bowl of rice

• a sack of milk

Which of the following pairs shows rhyming words?

• aisle - pile

• star - stare

• kin - bind

What is the mood of the poem The Hen by Alfred Lord Tennyson?

The hen is a ferocious fowl,

She pecks you till she makes you howl.

And all the time she flaps her wings,

And says the most insulting things.

• angry

• happy

• scary

From Robert Loius Stevenson's Windy Nights, what does the line "the trees are crying aloud" mean?

• The trees started to be emotional.

• They are angry with the man riding by.

• The wind starts to blow so the leaves move and make sounds.

What do you call the element of poetry that focuses on its message?

• mood

• rhythm

• theme

Which of the following lines shows personification?

• Your Dad is as tall as the tower.

• The bamboo whispered its secret to me.

• Our mother, Eliza is the light of our home.