Poem If & Literary Devices

What is personification?

• a word that mimics a sound
• repetition of consonant sounds
• using symbols to represent something
• Giving human-like traits to non-living objects

What is alliteration?

• a word that mimics a sound
• repetition of consonant sounds
• using symbols to represent something
• Giving human-like traits to non-living objects

I turned into the living room and heard the click-clack of her knitting needles. 

• Onomatopoeia
• Theme
• Symbolism
• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

To Give Permission

• allowance

• triump

• heap

• sinew

"If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you"

What are foes?

• Teachers

• Best friend

• Family

• Enemies

How many stanzas are in the poem "If"

• 5

• 3

• 2

• 4

How many lines are in each stanza of the poem "If"

• 5

• 3

• 9

• 8

"If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew

To serve your turn long after they are gone," What does he mean to "serve your turn long after they are gone"?

• He means that you leave behind something that continues after you have died.

• He means that you will have nothing to leave behind when you are dead and gone.

• He means to live your life to the fullest because once your dead that is it.

• He means to stay true to your beliefs and trust your heart when times get hard.

"If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue" What does the word virtue mean?

• It means to stay happy.

• It means to stay good.

• It means to be dishonest.

• It means loyalty.

What might the speaker's purpose be?

• everything in life should be thought about and planned out

• whatever you do in life needs to be rushed and have no regrets

• there is nothing more important in life than to live with "if"

• make sure that your focus in life is on yourself and nothing else