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{8} Poetry Collection #1 Review

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 7mins

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Class
Date
1.

What seems to be happening in the poem "Cat!"?

a)

The speaker is chasing a cat.

b)

The speaker is feeding a cat.

c)

The speaker is petting a cat.

d)

The speaker is looking for a lost cat.

2.

Which of these words from "Cat!" is an example of an onomatopoeia?

a)

ark

b)

wuff

c)

cat

d)

green

3.

Which statement best expresses the speaker's feelings about the cat in "Cat!"?

a)

The speaker loves it.

b)

The speaker admires its beauty.

c)

The speaker dislikes it and wants to drive it off.

d)

The speaker is afraid of it and does not like to go near it.

4.

What does the word git mean in the context of these lines from "Cat!"?


Git her, git her,

Whiskery spitter!

Catch her, catch her,

Green-eyed scratcher!

a)

catch

b)

scram

c)

scratch

d)

a small insect

5.

What does the poem "Silver" describe?

a)

the many stars in the nighttime sky

b)

a dark evening in a city

c)

an eerie, dead landscape

d)

a scene slowly lit up by moonlight

6.

Which words in this line from "silver" are an example of alliteration?


This way, and that, she peers, and sees

a)

this and way

b)

this and that

c)

peers and sees

d)

none of these

7.

In these lines from "Silver," what synonym for peers points to the wold's meaning?


This way, and that, she peers, and sees

Silver fruit upon silver trees.

a)

way

b)

sees

c)

silver

d)

trees

8.

Which word does the poet repeat most often in "Silver"?

a)

slowly

b)

silently

c)

silver

d)

moon

9.

What does the speaker in "Your World" compare herself to?

a)

a world

b)

a bird

c)

a rope

d)

a song

10.

According to the speaker in "Your World," how big is a person's world?

a)

as big as he or she makes it

b)

not as big as e or she thinks

c)

as big as time will allow

d)

as big as a star

11.

What does the word horizon mean in the context of these lines from "Your World".


But I sighted the distant horizon

Where the sky-line encircled the sea

a)

a ship

b)

the imaginary circle around the center of Earth

c)

the line where the sky seems to meet the land or sea

d)

the sound of ringing bells

12.

Of "Cat!", "Silver," and "Your World," which poems use a regular pattern of rhyme at the end of lines?

a)

"Cat!" and "Silver"

b)

"Silver" and "Your World"

c)

"Your World" and "Cat!"

d)

all three poems

13.

Which phrase from "Your World" best illustrates alliteration?

a)

narrowest nest

b)

close to my side

c)

distant horizon

d)

this immensity