Poem: “The Secret of the Machines” by Rudyard Kipling
Authored by Cherell Lee
English
5th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Reread lines 3 and 4: “We were cast and wrought and hammered to design, / We were cut and filed and tooled and gauged to fit.” What poetic elements are working together in these lines?
Alliteration and simile
Repetition and imagery
Onomatopoeia and metaphor
Rhyme and personification
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the purpose of giving the machines a first-person point of view voice in the poem?
To make the machines sound more friendly
To help the reader understand how machines work emotionally
To personify the machines and make their power more relatable
To confuse the reader about who is speaking
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Read line 8 from the poem: “We will serve you four and twenty hours a day,” What poetic element is used, and how does it support the poem’s meaning?
Hyperbole – it shows machines are lazy and unreliable
Repetition – it shows how machines don’t sleep
Rhyme – it makes the line more humorous
Literal language – it explains the invention of time
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Read Line 15 from the poem. “You shall see and hear your crackling question hurled” uses sensory language. What is the effect of this figurative language?
It creates confusion about what machines do
It helps the reader visualize and hear machine communication
It shows how machines can speak like humans
It compares machines to thunder and lightning
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Explain how figurative language and other poetic elements work together in a poem. Why does the poet repeat the phrase "We can..." in the lines of stanza 2?
To warn the reader about how machines are replacing people
To highlight how machines are used only for travel
To list the ways machines entertain people
To emphasize the wide range of tasks machines can perform
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Explain how figurative language and other poetic elements work together in a poem. Read lines 43-44: "Our touch can alter all created things, / We are everything on earth—except The Gods!" Which poetic device is used and what message does it support?
A. Personification – machines are treated as nearly all-powerful
B. Simile – machines are like creators
C. Hyperbole – machines are pretending to be people
D. Onomatopoeia – machines speak loudly
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Explain how figurative language and other poetic elements work together in a poem. What message is the poet sending by including line 40: "If you make a slip in handling us you die!"
Machines are fun to use and safe
Machines should always be used for building and travel
Machines are dangerous if misused, despite their power
Machines want to control humans
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