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WorksheetsPoetry of Identity Review
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 19mins
What is a simile?
a comparison using like or as
a comparison not using like or as (uses the "'be" verb)
an extreme exaggeration
the main idea of a text
What is a metaphor?
a comparison using like or as
a comparison not using like or as (uses the "'be" verb)
an extreme exaggeration
the main idea of a text
What is a hyperbole?
a comparison using like or as
a comparison not using like or as (uses the "'be" verb)
an extreme exaggeration
the main idea of a text
What is a central idea?
a comparison using like or as
a comparison not using like or as (uses the "'be" verb)
an extreme exaggeration
the main idea of a text
Read the excerpt from "I'm Nobody! Who Are You?" by Emily Dickinson.
I’m nobody! Who are you?
Are you nobody, too?
Then there’s a pair of us—don’t tell!
They’d banish us, you know.
Which statement best explains the central idea of this stanza?
the poet has something to hide
the poet identifies with private people
the poet is afraid of authority
the poet seeks fame and recognition
Read the excerpt from "I'm Nobody! Who Are You?" by Emily Dickinson.
How dreary to be somebody!
How public, like a frog
To tell your name the livelong day
To an admiring bog!
Which statement best explains the central idea of this stanza?
Friendships should be kept secret
Announcing one's name is rude
Public speaking is difficult
Fame is dull and unappealing
Read the excerpt from "Introduction to Poetry" by Billy Collins.
I ask them to take a poem
and hold it up to the light
like a color slide
or press an ear against its hive.
Which statement best explains the central idea of these lines?
Poems should be studied in many ways.
Poetry readings should take place outside.
Poems are colorful and noisy.
Poetry should be shared with friends.
Which line from "I'm Nobody! Who Are You?" by Emily Dickinson contains a simile?
"Then there’s a pair of us—don’t tell!"
"They’d banish us, you know."
"How public, like a frog"
"To tell your name the livelong day"
Read the excerpt from "Introduction to Poetry" by Billy Collins.
I ask them to take a poem
and hold it up to the light
like a color slide
or press an ear against its hive.
Which line from the excerpt contains a metaphor?
"I ask them to take a poem"
"and hold it up to the light"
"like a color slide"
"or press an ear against its hive"
Read the excerpt from "Introduction to Poetry" by Billy Collins.
or walk inside the poem's room
and feel the walls for a light switch.
How does this metaphor reveal Collins’s message?
The metaphor suggests that poetic themes are serious and dark.
The metaphor suggests that readers should explore poems in depth.
The metaphor insists that readers should move about while reading.
The metaphor insists that one must know the poet to understand the poem.
Read the excerpt from "Introduction to Poetry" by Billy Collins.
I want them to waterski
across the surface of a poem
waving at the author's name on the shore.
How does the figurative language in this excerpt reveal Collins’s message?
It suggests that poems have fun, sporty themes.
It suggests that readers take time to meet poets.
It suggests that readers have fun exploring poetry.
It suggests that poems are easy to understand.
Read the excerpt from "Introduction to Poetry" by Billy Collins.
They begin beating it with a hose
to find out what it really means.
How does the figurative language in this excerpt reveal Collins’s message?
It criticizes the way some readers try to understand a poem.
It criticizes the violent themes found in modern poetry.
It suggests that the study of poetry requires physical strength.
It suggests that every poem has a simple meaning.
Read the poem "Autumn" by Emily Dickinson.
The morns are meeker than they were,
The nuts are getting brown;
The berry's cheek is plumper,
The rose is out of town.
The maple wears a gayer scarf,
The field a scarlet gown.
Lest I should be old-fashioned,
I'll put a trinket on.
Which statement best explains the central idea of the first stanza?
Autumn is less enjoyable than summer.
Autumn is the time to harvest fruit.
Nature provides signs of autumn.
Nature is inactive in autumn.
Read the poem "The Mountain" by Emily Dickinson.
The mountain sat upon the plain
In his eternal chair,
His observation omnifold,
His inquest everywhere.
The seasons prayed around his knees,
Like children round a sire:
Grandfather of the days is he,
Of dawn the ancestor.
Which statement best explains the central idea of this poem?
Mountains observe everything and know everything.
Mountains are tall and powerful objects in nature.
Mountains can affect the changing of seasons.
Mountains offer entertaining playgrounds for children.
Read this poem.
Canceled plans disappoint
like a milk spill
so unpredictable
ruining the day
Which line from the poem contains a simile?
Canceled plans disappoint
like a milk spill
so unpredictable
ruining the day
Read this poem.
Applause sounded through the room
louder than cannon fire
He bowed below the lights
basking and buoyant
sensing his success
Which line from the poem contains hyperbole?
louder than cannon fire
He bowed below the lights
basking and buoyant
sensing his success
Read this poem.
Worry makes an ache—
stomach swims, head throbs . . .
It’s an unwanted guest
with endless requests.
Like an empty piggy bank
Worry offers nothing.
Which line from the poem contains a metaphor?
Worry makes an ache—
stomach swims, head throbs . . .
It’s an unwanted guest
Like an empty piggy bank
Read the poem "The Mountain" by Emily Dickinson.
The mountain sat upon the plain
In his eternal chair,
His observation omnifold,
His inquest everywhere.
The seasons prayed around his knees,
Like children round a sire:
Grandfather of the days is he,
Of dawn the ancestor.
What is the effect of Dickinson’s use of figurative language in the second stanza?
It emphasizes the mountain’s age and permanence.
It suggests that the seasons deserve respect.
It compares the mountain to the morning sky.
It highlights the importance of strong family ties.
Read the excerpt from poem "The Wind’s Visit" by Emily Dickinson.
The wind tapped like a tired man,
And like a host, "Come in,"
I boldly answered; entered then
My residence within
Dickinson uses a simile in the this stanza of this poem to
describe the doorway of the house.
give the wind humanlike characteristics.
emphasize the destructive power of the wind.
describe the speaker of the poem.
Read the poem "The Wind’s Visit" by Emily Dickinson.
The wind tapped like a tired man,
And like a host, "Come in,"
I boldly answered; entered then
My residence within
A rapid, footless guest,
To offer whom a chair
Were as impossible as hand
A sofa to the air.
No bone had he to bind him,
His speech was like the push
Of numerous humming-birds at once
From a superior bush.
His countenance a billow,
His fingers, if he pass,
Let go a music, as of tunes
Blown tremulous in glass.
He visited, still flitting;
Then, like a timid man,
Again he tapped—'t was flurriedly—
Dickinson’s use of figurative language in this poem expresses the idea that
the speaker is worried about the wind’s damaging power.
the speaker is frightened by the wind’s ghostlike appearance.
the speaker dislikes visits from unwanted guests.
the speaker enjoys this unexpected visit from the wind.
