Mini Quiz

What is the denotative meaning of the word scent? 

• a smell

• positive

• negative

In the following stanza, which group of words shows complicated diction?

"Oh, give me strength to watch their sorry

looks as a bevy of vixen

feed on a much smaller body

not the cat’s… But it could be."

• bevy of vixen

• give me strength

• But it could be.

Based on your understanding of the Latin root -dom-, what does the word dominion mean? 

• an unpleasant odor

• a group of farm animals

• land ruled by a lord or master

What is the meaning of the Latin root -dom-?

• nature

• house

• round

Read the second stanza in “Predators”:

"bows to my feline and her good

dog friends who rule this land. I hoe

and cultivate, find my dead aim

in the trust that many tales spun"

What is the name of this type of stanza?

• couplet

• quatrain

• sestet

• octave

Which of the following is TRUE?

• The lines begin with a capital letter and end with a period.

• Each line represents one complete thought.

• Some lines end one sentence and start another.

Read the last stanza of the poem: 

"feed on a much smaller body

not the cat’s … But it could be."

What is different about this stanza than the rest of the poem?

• It is shorter than the other stanzas.

• It has a different topic from the other stanzas.

• It is spaced differently from the other stanzas.

Which of the following statements is TRUE?

• The stanzas in the poem are different lengths.

• Each stanza equals a single sentence.

• The stanzas present parts of one long sentence.

Read these lines from the poem: 

"…I hoe

and cultivate, find my dead aim

in the trust that many tales spun

this tract long before I came"

What do these lines reveal about the speaker?

• she is new to gardening

• she hates the hard work she has to put into gardening

• she appreciates the history of the land

Which animals in the story does the title of the poem “Predators” refer to?

• dogs

• cats

• foxes

• humans