Chicago

What type of poem is Chicago?

• Haiku

• Free Verse

• Sonnet

• Blank Verse

What do line breaks do to a poem?

• They end a poem's sentence

• They make the poem pretty

• They create tension, cause a sense of suspension or surprise

• They have no impact over the poem

The figurative language device that creates pictures in your mind is known as what?

• Imagery

• Diction

• Syntax

• Sonnet

"Fierce as a dog with tongue lapping for action," is an example of what?

• Diction

• Simile

• Imagery

• Alliteration

What type of tone is created in this line, "And they tell me you are brutal and my reply is: On the faces of women and children I have seen the marks of wanton hunger."

• Happiness

• Anger

• Sorrow

• Joy

What proof of Chicago's reputation as brutal does the poem's speaker give?

• The speaker thinks the people who live in Chicago are insensitive

• The speaker has seen dogs fighting in the streets

• The speaker thinks the people who live in Chicago grab all the wealth

• The speaker has seen hungry women and children

According to the poem, how does Chicago feel about its reputation?

• Sad

• Angry

• Proud

• Sorrowful

How was stanza 1 different from stanza 2?

• Stanza 1 has a rhyme scheme and stanza 2 does not

• Stanza 1 is about Chicago and stanza 2 is not

• Stanza 2 contains vivid images and stanza 1 does not

• Stanza 2 contains long lines and stanza 1 does not

"Under the smoke, dust all over his mouth, laughing with white teeth," is an example of what?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Diction

• Imagery

"City of the Big Shoulders" is an example of

• Personification

• Diction

• Imagery

• Simile