"Four Skinny Trees" and "The Delight Song of Tsoai-Talee"

Mood is defined as

• a reader's purpose for reading a selection

• the message a writer wishes to convey about life

• the feeling the writer creates for the reader

• a comparison between two unlike things

The mood of "The Delight Song of Tsoai-Talee" is

• angry

• hopeless

• mysterious

• joyful

Which phrase from the poem best expresses the mood of "The Delight Song of Tsoai-Talee"?

• "the shadow that follows a child"

• "I am the cold of the dawn"

• "You see, I am alive, I am alive"

• "the daughter of Tsen-tainte"

Figurative language is defined as

• speech that clarifies ideas that would otherwise be confusing

• communication designed to convey events in sequence

• dialogue that shows the speaker's exact words

• language used in imaginative ways to express ideas that are not literally true

Which of the following is a metaphor from "The Delight Song of Tsoai-Talee"?

• "I am a feather on the bright sky"

• "You see, I am alive, I am alive"

• "I stand in good relation to the earth"

• "I stand in good relation to all that is beautiful"

In "The Delight Song of Tsoai-Talee" the speaker says: "I am a blue horse that runs in the plain in order to express

• an exotic life

• a free spirit

• a beautiful animal

• an imaginary creature

In line 16 of "The Delight Song of Tsoai-Talee," the narrator describes himself in relation to

• things in nature

• changes in weather

• objects in his dreams

• people he has known

Why does the poet compare the speaker to "the roaring of the rain" in line 10 of "The Delight Song of Tsoai-Talee"?

• to recommend that people spend more time in nature

• to suggest that the speaker is loud and overpowering

• to show that the speaker lives in an area that needs rain

• to make the speaker seem very powerful and life-affirming

In "The Delight Song of Tsoai-Talee," the speaker is compared to

• fish

• clouds

• dusk

• nightmares

"Four Skinny Trees" takes place in

• the city.

• a mall.

• a forest

• an apartment