Secondary Study Camp Day 4 Poetry

Who wrote The Tyger?

• Mary Lamb

• Walt Whitman

• William Blake

How does the speaker describe the Tyger's creation in the first stanza?

• Gentle and tender

• Fierce and formidable

• Playful and carefree

• Fragile and delicate

Who wrote O Captain My Captain?

• Mary Lamb

• Walt Whitman

• William Blake

The Captain in O Captain My Captain poem is _____

• George Washington

• Barack Obama

• Abraham Lincoln

The theme of The Tyger is

'the nature of creation and the existence of both good and evil'

• True

• False

The theme of O Captain My Captain is 'the mourning of Abraham Lincoln's death and the impact on the nation.'

• True

• False

The use of the same letter or sound at the beginning of words that are close together, as in 'sing a song of sixpence' is ...

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• tone

The fact of words containing sounds similar to the noises they describe, for example, 'hiss' is ...

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

• Tone

The general character and attitude of something such as a piece of writing, or the atmosphere of an event is called ______

Which of the following strategy do you use to answer open ended comprehension questions first?

• Underline key words in the questions

• Underline where you find the answer

• Skim and scan