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Walt Whitman Writing

Authored by Michele Foley

English

11th Grade

CCSS covered

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Walt Whitman Writing
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21 questions

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1.

FILL IN THE BLANKS QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Whitman’s famous book of poetry that he revised many times over his lifetime is called

(a)  

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CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.11

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Define 'free verse'

Poetry with no regular patterns of rhyme or meter

Poetry with regular patterns of rhyme or meter

Poetry written with a precise meter that does not rhyme.

Poetry with three-line stanzas with a 5/7/5 syllable count

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.11

CCSS.RL.8.5

3.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Whitman, in addition to free verse, used three other techniques frequently in his writing. Check three of them.

Cataloging

Poeticizing

Repetition

Parallelism

Whitmanizing

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.11

CCSS.RL.8.5

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The speaker celebrates the differences of Americans in “I Hear America Singing” by describing:

types of workers

cultural traditions

positions in society

work tools

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.11

CCSS.RL.8.10

5.

FILL IN THE BLANKS QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

In "I Hear America Singing' lines 2-8, Whitman lists several jobs. What poetic device is he using?

(a)  

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.11

CCSS.RL.8.10

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Describe the tone of “I Hear America Singing.”

Nervous

Celebratory

Perplexed

Dismissing

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.11

CCSS.RL.8.5

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following statements is true about the songs America is singing in "I Hear America Singing?"

The songs are out of tune

Each person has a different song

People are singing songs no one can hear

People are singing out of sorrow

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.11

CCSS.RL.8.10

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