Poetry: 'The Sea' by James Reeves
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English
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7th - 9th Grade
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Jancke Dunn
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which line from the poem offers clues that there was a storm that occurred?
And when the night wind roars
The sea is a hungry dog
So quiet, so quiet, he scarcely snores
When even the grasses on the dune
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CCSS.RL.7.10
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RL.7.5
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
Which statement best describes the poem?
The poet creates irony by creating a parallel between the sea and a dog
The poet uses personification to make the sea seem like a hungry dog
The poet uses an extended metaphor to describe the unpredictable sea to an untamed dog
The poet uses imagery to describe the waves of the sea
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CCSS.RL.7.10
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RL.7.5
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.4
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
What is the theme of the poem?
The power of nature; no matter what a human does, nature will always prevail
The age of innocence; nature will always be innocent
Don't judge a book by its cover; even though we cannot control nature, we should not be angered by it
Stay away from the sea. It is a dangerous thing
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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9
CCSS.RL.6.2
CCSS.RL.7.2
CCSS.RL.8.2
CCSS.RL.9-10.2
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the point of view of the narrator?
First person
Second person
Third person
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CCSS.RL.1.6
CCSS.RL.5.6
CCSS.RL.6.6
CCSS.RL.7.6
CCSS.RL.8.6
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Describe the mood in the first stanza -
Calm
Uplifting
Gloomy
Angry
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CCSS.RL.7.10
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RL.7.5
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.5
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
In the first stanza, the author uses words like "clashing" and "gnaws" which shows the reader's extent of -
How unpredictable the sea is
The hunger of the dog
The way the dog eats
How angry the sea is
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CCSS.RL.7.5
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
In the second stanza, words like "bounds" and "howls" gives off more of what kind of tone?
Positive
Negative
Neutral
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CCSS.RL.7.10
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RL.7.5
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
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