Norman MacCaig - Basking Shark
Authored by Steven Williams
English
8th - 12th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
"To stub an oar on a ______ where none should be,"
Stone
Shark
Rock
Boat
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What effect is created by using the word "slounge"?
To make it seem like the shark is looming out of the water
To show the quick, rapid movements of the shark
To make the shark seem scary
To show the slow, ponderous movements of the shark
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
"Is a thing that happened once (too often) to me." What tone is being created by the parenthesis?
Humour
Sadness
Fear
Anger
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
"a sea tin-tacked with rain" - What effect is created by this quote?
It makes the reader happy
It makes the reader hear the sound of the rain
It makes the reader hear the sea
It makes the reader question their place in the world
5.
FILL IN THE BLANK QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
"That roomsized monster with a matchbox brain." creates a ___________
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
"this decadent townee" - what does MacCaig mean by this?
He lives in a city
He doesn't care about the past
He has immersed himself in nature and giving help to others
He has separated himself from nature and is focused on hedonism.
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
"Swish up the dirt" - Swish is an example of what technique?
Simile
Onomatopoeia
Alliteration
Synecdoche
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