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Chicago

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What type of poem is Chicago?

a)

Haiku

b)

Free Verse

c)

Sonnet

d)

Blank Verse

2.

What do line breaks do to a poem?

a)

They end a poem's sentence

b)

They make the poem pretty

c)

They create tension, cause a sense of suspension or surprise

d)

They have no impact over the poem

3.

The figurative language device that creates pictures in your mind is known as what?

a)

Imagery

b)

Diction

c)

Syntax

d)

Sonnet

4.

"Fierce as a dog with tongue lapping for action," is an example of what?

a)

Diction

b)

Simile

c)

Imagery

d)

Alliteration

5.

What type of tone is created in this line, "And they tell me you are brutal and my reply is: On the faces of women and children I have seen the marks of wanton hunger."

a)

Happiness

b)

Anger

c)

Sorrow

d)

Joy

6.

What proof of Chicago's reputation as brutal does the poem's speaker give?

a)

The speaker thinks the people who live in Chicago are insensitive

b)

The speaker has seen dogs fighting in the streets

c)

The speaker thinks the people who live in Chicago grab all the wealth

d)

The speaker has seen hungry women and children

7.

According to the poem, how does Chicago feel about its reputation?

a)

Sad

b)

Angry

c)

Proud

d)

Sorrowful

8.

How was stanza 1 different from stanza 2?

a)

Stanza 1 has a rhyme scheme and stanza 2 does not

b)

Stanza 1 is about Chicago and stanza 2 is not

c)

Stanza 2 contains vivid images and stanza 1 does not

d)

Stanza 2 contains long lines and stanza 1 does not

9.

"Under the smoke, dust all over his mouth, laughing with white teeth," is an example of what?

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Diction

d)

Imagery

10.

"City of the Big Shoulders" is an example of

a)

Personification

b)

Diction

c)

Imagery

d)

Simile