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WorksheetsAre You a Loser/Helen Keller/Invictus Quizizz
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 10mins
According to “Are You a Loser?” which is a productive way of dealing with failure?
Believe you are perfect.
Find someone to blame for your mistakes.
Analyze your failure to find ways to do better next time.
Keep track of how many times you fail.
The author most likely wrote “Are You a Loser?” to
convince you that losing is better than winning.
demonstrate that learning how to fail is important to success.
show how Katy Perry bounced back from being dropped from her record labels.
entertain you with stories of famous people and their failures.
What is the central (or main) idea of “Are You a Loser”?
Resilience when overcoming obstacles may be the key to success over intelligence or skill.
Many celebrities and influential people have gone through hard times.
Research says that everyone needs to fail sometimes.
Miranda finally reached her dream as an Irish step dancer.
Which sentence from the “Are You a Loser” article best sums up the central (or main) idea that the author wants to convey?
Many of the world’s most successful people were once losers…
So next time you fail a test, strike out at bat, or sing off-key, cheer up! With right attitude, you could be onto something truly great.
That’s the key to using failure to your advantage: the ability to dust yourself off and try again.
It takes a lot of confidence to admit your own shortcomings.
Which of the following quotes from Helen Keller’s speech most directly expresses the idea that you shouldn’t dwell on your mistakes?
“One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar.”
“Remember, no effort that we make to attain something beautiful is ever lost.”
“Sometime, somewhere, somehow we shall find that which we seek.”
“Do not think of today’s failures, but of the success that may come tomorrow.”
Helen Keller says “. . . my thoughts used to beat against my fingertips like little birds striving to gain their freedom.” This sentence contains -
a metaphor comparing Keller’s fingertips to birds.
a simile comparing Keller’s thoughts to birds.
hyperbole, comparing Keller’s thoughts to birds. D personification, describing birds as though they were human.
a personification describing birds as though they were human.
The best synonym for attain as it appears in the second to last sentence of Helen Keller’s speech is -
achieve
give up
bring
reject
The tone of Helen Keller’s speech could be described as
judgmental
demanding
nostalgic
encouraging
Which of the following lines from “Invictus” suggests that the author does not fear death?
“Out of the night that covers me,/Black as the Pit from pole to pole,”
“And yet the menace of the years/Finds and shall find me unafraid.”
“In the fell clutch of circumstance/I have not winced nor cried aloud.”
“I am the master of my fate,/I am the captain of my soul.”
The best synonym for charged as it appears in the last stanza of the poem “Invictus” is
electrifying
accused
bought
loaded
How does the poem’s use of imagery of darkness contribute to the text’s overall meaning?
The poem describes night covering the earth from “pole to pole” (line 2), suggesting that the speaker’s outlook on the world is very bleak and hopeless.
The poem describes “night” (line 1) covering the speaker, symbolic of the adversity and/or suffering he faces.
The poem describes “the Horror of the shade” (line 10), suggesting that the speaker’s hard times are only temporary.
The poem describes a dark “place of wrath and tears” (line 9), implying that the speaker is overcome by his depression.
Which of the following themes best applies to all three texts?
feeling loneliness after repeated rejection
having resilience in the face of adversity
showing courage in the face of insecurity
having patience when dealing with frustration
