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WorksheetsImagery & Tone
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 27mins
“I shall throw you on a black ship and send you to the mainland, To King Echetos, destroyer of all mortal men, Who will cut off your nostrils with a sharp bronze sword; He will tear of your private parts and give them to the dogs to eat raw.” --
Homer, The Odyssey
Which word best describes the tone of the passage?
Threatening
Amused
Proud
Direct
“There were always children there, and I spent all my time with the children, only with the children. They were the children of the village where I lived, a whole gang of them who went to the local school. I was simply with them mostly, and I spent all my four years like that. I did not want anything else.” --Dostoyevsky, The Idiot
Which word best describes the tone?
“They showered me this morning at the courthouse and last night at the jail. And I swear I believe they'd of washed my ears for me on the taxi over if they coulda found the facilities. Hoo boy, seems like every time they ship me someplace I gotta get scrubbed down before, after, and during the operation--and get back away from me with that thermometer, Sam.” --Ken Kesey, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Which word best describes the tone?
"My heart is like a singing bird Whose nest is a weathered shoot; My heart is like an apple-tree Whose boughs are bent with thick-set fruit; My heart is like a rainbow shell That paddles in a halcyon [peaceful] sea; My heart is gladder than all these Because my love is come to me." -Rossetti, "A Birthday"
Which word best describes the tone?
This refers to the writer’s use of vivid and descriptive language that appeal to the senses in order to add depth to his/her work.
Description
Imagery
Senses
Symbols
Imagery in poetry appeal into the following senses.
Sight
Hearing
Touch
All of the above
What is the best primary objective of the writer in using different types of imagery?
Encourage the reader to keep on reading
Encourage the reader to start writing
Help the reader experience the emotional connection with the poem.
none of the above
They ate food
The thunder clapped loudly shaking the house
Which one of the five senses is used in this sentence?
The warm juicy burger was like heaven on my tongue.
Taste
Touch
Sight
Sound
