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the ball poem

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 4mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who is the poet of the Ball poem?

a)

Leslie Norris

b)

John Berryman

c)

Carolyn Wells

d)

Robert Frost

2.

What does a ball cost?

a)

5 dimes

b)

10 dimes

c)

1 dime

d)

4 dimes

3.

How does the child react at the loss?

a)

stands rigid

b)

trembles

c)

stares

d)

all of them

4.

what is the tone of the poet in this poem?

a)

depressing

b)

happy

c)

mature

d)

angry

5.

Name the literary device used in "Merrily bouncing, down the street, and then Merrily over — there it is in the water!"

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

anaphora

d)

alliteration

e)

personification

6.

Name the literary device used in "And no one buys a ball back."

a)

enjambment

b)

anaphora

c)

alliteration

d)

simile

e)

metaphor

7.

Name the literary device in "desperate eyes".

a)

anastrophe

b)

transferred epithet

c)

refrain

d)

synecdoche

8.

where did the ball go?

a)

in the dustin

b)

it was lost

c)

in the water

d)

not mentioned in the poem

9.

what is the meaning of 'epistemology of loss'?

(a)  

10.

what is the theme of 'the ball poem'?

(a)