Fire and Ice

Who is the poet of the poem “Fire and Ice”?

• Leslie Norris

• Robert Frost

• Carolyn Wells

• Robin Klein

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What does the poet compare fire with?

• hatred

• desire

• hot

• both 1 and 3

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

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What is the meaning of “perish”?

• bloom

• rise

• die

• glow

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What would suffice if the world were to perish twice?

• ice

• fire

• hatred

• both 1 and 2

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

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What is the rhyming scheme of the poem?

• abaa bcbcb

• aaba bcbcb

• aaab bcbcb

• abab bcbcb

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

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What would be a better option to end the earth?

• fire

• ice

• both are equally competent

• none

Name the poetic device used in the line “I hold with those who favour fire”.

• assonance

• alliteration

• none

• both

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

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Name the poetic device used in the line “Some say the world will end in fire”.

• metaphor

• imagery

• alliteration

• oxymoron

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

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Name the poetic device used in the line “To say that for destruction ice is also great”.

• metaphor

• imagery

• alliteration

• oxymoron

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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Where has he used personification?

• fire

• ice

• earth

• both 1 and 2

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CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

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