Fireflies Poems

The poem "Fireflies" was written by _________________.

This poem has _______________ speakers or voices.

What action is being performed by the characters in the poem?

• Watching a Light in the sky

• Flying in the night sky

• Glowing in a jar

• Practicing writing skills

Species of fireflies use the flashing patterns to ____________________.

The figure of speech used in the statements "Light is the ink we use" and "Night is our parchment" is a ________________.

The phrase"...fireflies flickering fliting flashing..." is an example of which sound device.

The use of the phrase "Insect calligraphers" in the poem is an example of ___________________.

The phrase "Insect calligraphers" means______________.

• The formation of the fireflies looks like beautiful writing

• The writing or print on invitations looks like fireflies at times.

• These fireflies call and attract other fireflies.

• The fireflies in flight look like a beautiful graph.

The term 'vanishing messages' means _________________________.

• the messages of the fireflies are never seen.

• the message of the fireflies are polished.

• the formation of the fireflies fades.

• the fireflies make objects vanish or disappear.

The fireflies are compared to all THREE of the following people.

• light, Night, parchment

• brush, paintings, graffiti

• calligraphers, scribblers, artists

• penmanship, June, Nights