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The Writer

Total questions: 6

Worksheet time: 3mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Who wrote "The Writer"?
a)
Richard Wilbur
b)
Emily Dickinson
c)
Robert Frost
d)
Theodor Seuss Geisel
2.
What character is the voice of the poem?
a)
The daughter
b)
The house
c)
The father
d)
The mother
3.
What literary technique is used in the line describing the sound of the girl typing?
 "Like a chain hauled over a gunwale."
a)
synecdoche
b)
metaphor
c)
simile
d)
consonance 
4.
What is a starling?
a)
a young celebrity
b)
a bird
c)
a meteor
d)
a typewriter part
5.
What does the father wish for his daughter?
a)
"a smooth course"
b)
"a stillness"
c)
"a lucky passage"
d)
"the wits to try it again"
6.
Which kind of sense memory caused the father to remember the bird caught in the room?
a)
auditory
b)
olfactory
c)
tactile
d)
visual