WorksheetsUnit 4 Poetry Collection
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 12mins
Who wrote the poem "Avarice"
Robert Frost
Yusef Komunyakaa
Tracy K. Smith
Reginald Gibbons
How many engagement rings did the women have in "Avarice"?
7
12
1
8
What was the main idea in the poem "Avarice"?
Obsession over what you have and the desire for more can lead to an imbalance in priorities.
More money, more problems.
Getting everything you want can lead to a loss in ambition and a boringly comfortable life.
People pass down their money habits on their children and only spend money when it helps themselves.
Who wrote the poem "The Good Life"?
Maya Angelou
Reginald Gibbons
Tracy K. Smith
Walt Whitman
What feeling was the speaker nostalgic for in "The Good Life"?
Hunger
Happiness
Trust
Love
What was the main idea in the poem "The Good Life"?
Obsession over what you have and the desire for more can lead to an imbalance in priorities.
More money, more problems.
People pass down their money habits on their children and only spend money when it helps themselves.
Getting everything you want can lead to a loss in ambition and a boringly comfortable life.
Who wrote the poem "Money"?
Robert Frost
Reginald Gibbons
Oscar Wilde
E.E. Cummings
What did the parents spend money on when the the door-to-door salesmen came?
Donating to the blind
Raffle tickets
They didn't spend money
Sewing machine
What is the main idea in the poem "Money"?
Obsession over what you have and the desire for more can lead to an imbalance in priorities.
More money, more problems.
Getting everything you want can lead to a loss in ambition and a boringly comfortable life.
People pass down their money habits on their children and only spend money when it helps themselves.
What does the word "avarice" mean?
very poor; requiring help
extremely bad; reckless; without help
great greed
multiple engagements
What does the word "needy" mean?
very poor; requiring help
great greed
desire for compliments
extremely bad; reckless; without help
What does the word "desperate" mean?
full of hope
extremely bad; reckless; without help
great greed
very poor; requiring help
How are the poet and the speaker of a poem related?
The speaker is the voice of the poem, the poet wrote the poem, not necessarily the same.
They're the same thing.
The poet is the voice of the poem, the speaker wrote the poem, not necessarily the same.
The poet wrote the poem, the speaker presents it in front of crowds.
What is point of view in literature?
how the author feels about the story
the setting or where the story takes place
the device that the story is being read on
the perspective or the vantage point from which a story is told
What is first person point of view?
the speaker is not involved in the action of the story and uses third-person pronouns (he, she, they)
the speaker is actually involved in the action of the story and can be identified with first person pronouns (I, me, we).
the speaker can only reveal what one character is thinking
the speaker is all-knowing and can reveal the thoughts and feelings of the character
What is third person point of view?
the speaker is all-knowing and can reveal the thoughts and feelings of the character
the speaker is actually involved in the action of the story and can be identified with first person pronouns (I, me, we).
the speaker can only reveal what one character is thinking
the speaker is not involved in the action of the story and uses third-person pronouns (he, she, they)
What is limited third person point of view?
the speaker is all-knowing and can reveal the thoughts and feelings of the character
the speaker is actually involved in the action of the story and can be identified with first person pronouns (I, me, we).
the speaker can only reveal what one character is thinking
the speaker is not involved in the action of the story and uses third-person pronouns (he, she, they)
What is omniscient third person point of view?
the speaker can only reveal what one character is thinking
the speaker is actually involved in the action of the story and can be identified with first person pronouns (I, me, we).
the speaker is all-knowing and can reveal the thoughts and feelings of the character
the speaker is not involved in the action of the story and uses third-person pronouns (he, she, they)
What is the tone of a story?
how the speaker feels about what is going on the poem or how they feel about the poem
a musical or vocal sound with reference to its pitch, quality, and strength
how fit the character are in the story
the skin color of the main character
What is the connotation of a word?
the emotional and cultural meaning it suggests
literal dictionary meaning of a word
how you feel when you say the word
the amount of letters that make up the word
What is the denotation of a word?
the emotional and cultural meaning it suggests
the amount of letters that the word has
literal dictionary meaning of the word
the object associated with the word
What is an example of alliteration?
the string was strong
She sells sea shells by the sea shore
The cat in the hat sat on that.
the lumpy, bumpy road
What is an example of consonance?
She sells sea shells by the sea shore
The company’s greed made their employees very angry.
The lady offered a dollar to the needy man on the street.
Where now he sat, concerned with he knew what, a quiet light, and then not even that.
Which of these themes is NOT part of the Poetry Collection?
Obsession over what you have and the desire for more can lead to an imbalance in priorities.
Just because you work hard and really want something, doesn't mean you'll get it.
People pass down their money habits on their children and only spend money when it helps themselves.
Getting everything you want can lead to a loss in ambition and a boringly comfortable life.
