poetry

What is tone?

• The poet's attitude toward his or her subject.
• The feeling a reader gets when reading the poem.
• the pitch of the rhythm
• the sounds of a poem

What are the elements of poetry? (Check all that apply)

• Stanza

• Imagery

• Fact

• Rhyme and Rhyme Scheme

• Onomatopoeia

Which of the following is NOT an element of poetry

• rhyme pattern (scheme)

• rhythm

• stanza

• paragraph

Read the poem below:

Fog

The fog comes

on little cat feet.

It sits looking

over the harbor and city

on silent haunches

and then moves on.

The metaphor in stanza 1 is used to emphasize-

• how the fog moves

• what the fog looks like

• where the fog comes from

• why the fog is coming

Read the poem below:

Fog

The fog comes

on little cat feet.

It sits looking

over the harbor and city

on silent haunches

and then moves on.

Line 3 of the poem is an example of which literary device?

• metaphor

• simile

• onomatopoeia

• personification

Read the poem below:

Fog

The fog comes

on little cat feet.

It sits looking

over the harbor and city

on silent haunches

and then moves on.

With which of the following would the author most likely agree?

• Fog is like a train that rolls in to the city and back out again.

• Fog is a frightening things to see and experience.

• Fog is like a quiet shadow that visits the city briefly.

• Fog is a rare and strange thing to see in a city.

Read the poem below:

Fog

The fog comes

on little cat feet.

It sits looking

over the harbor and city

on silent haunches

and then moves on.

Which phrase helps the reader understand the meaning of the word haunches in stanza 2?

• fog comes

• little cat feet

• sits looking

• then moves on

Read the poem below:

Windy Nights

Rumbling in the chimneys,

Rattling at the doors,

Round the roofs and round the roads

The rude wind roars;

Raging through the darkness,

Raving through the trees,

Racing off again across

The great grey seas.

Which words from the poem are examples of onomatopoeia?

• roots, roads, rude

• rumbling, rattling, roars

• chimneys, trees, seas

• doors, roads, trees

Read the poem below:

Windy Nights

Rumbling in the chimneys,

Rattling at the doors,

Round the roofs and round the roads

The rude wind roars;

Raging through the darkness,

Raving through the trees,

Racing off again across

The great grey seas.

Which of the following best expresses that author's message?

• The wind is a powerful force of nature that cannot be controlled.

• People never know what to expect from the wind

• People should harness the power of the wind more effectively .

• Strong weather can make a dark night seem even darker.