WorksheetsCervantes' Starfish
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the subject of "Starfish?"
a)
Starfish
b)
The sea
c)
Life
d)
Death
2.
Who is the author of "Starfish?"
a)
Barbara Hurd
b)
Lauren Cornates
c)
Lorna Dee Cervantes
d)
Robert Frost
3.
"They were lovely in the quartz and jasper sand" is an example of which rhetorical device?
a)
Alliteration
b)
Imagery
c)
Personification
d)
Enjambment
4.
"Lifelong liberation from the sea" is an example of what rhetorical device?
a)
Alliteration
b)
Assonance
c)
Repetition
d)
Enjambment
5.
"Together: little martyrs, soldiers, artless suicides" is an example of what rhetorical device?
a)
Metaphor
b)
Simile
c)
Enjambment
d)
Rhythm
6.
Who is the speaker in "Starfish?"
a)
The poet
b)
The reader
c)
The starfish
d)
The detached narrator
7.
What is the intended audience of "Starfish?"
a)
Academic classrooms
b)
Universal audience
c)
Marine biologists
d)
Other poets
8.
What is a stanza?
a)
A poem paragraph( lines separated by a break)
b)
A line in a poem
c)
Four lines that rhyme
d)
Lines that indicate the theme of the poem
9.
What is the connotation of the word "sprawled?"
a)
Discarded
b)
Flailing
c)
Floundering
d)
Stretched
10.
Which of the following is NOT a figure of speech?
a)
"As if they had created terrariums"
b)
"The sea polishes small stones"
c)
"Thousands of flawless, five-fingered specimens"
d)
"Miniature mussels"
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