After the Hurricane & Watcher

What type of poem is "After the Hurricane"?

• Free verse

• Traditional

• Narrative

• Hyku

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.9

Who is the speaker of the poem "After the Hurricane"?

• King

• Jasper

• Fredericka

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.6

How does Fredericka feel when she sees the film crew?

• Angry

• Happy

• Confused

• Guilt

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.1

Thinking of poetic form, why does the poet group all of the walking people together in one big stanza? Lines 102-114p

• To show how organized the group was.

• To show how hungry and tired the people were.

• To show that the hurricane effected every type of person.

• To show that the band was cheering the group on.

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.5

This is the author's attitude towards his or her subject

• Tone

• Mood

• Form

• Repetition

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

The poem "Watcher" is an example of

• Free Verse

• Traditional Form

• Hyku

• Rhythm

Why does the narrator’s brother, in the poem "Watcher" take a job as a watcher?

• He had a job as a watcher before the hurricane, so he went back to it.

• The electricity was out, so he could not return to his old job.

• There was no other work available after the hurricane.

• He was tired of sitting around doing nothing after the hurricane.

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.W.6.9A

"Jamie read a book by the babbling brook" is an example of

• Alliteration

• Similie

• Repetition

• Rhyme

The repetition of sounds at the end of words is called ______(Example: cat, hat, bat)

• Repetition

• Rhyme

• Form

• Alliteration

Free verse is a form of poetry...

• with no regular patterns of rhyme, rhythm, or line length.

• that follows fixed rules, such as certain number of lines, a rhyme scheme, and a definite structure.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.W.6.2D