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Amanda(Poem)

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

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Class
Date
1.

Don’t bite your nails, Amanda!

Don’t hunch your shoulders, Amanda!

Stop that slouching and sit up straight,

Amanda!

1) In which of the following pictures do you think is the attitude of the speaker best described?

a)
b)
c)
d)
2.

Don’t bite your nails, Amanda!

Don’t hunch your shoulders, Amanda!

Stop that slouching and sit up straight,

Amanda!

2) What does the exclamatory sign at the end of Amanda indicate?

a)

The angry expression of Amanda

b)

Regret of speaker

c)

Dignified tone of speaker

d)

Shrieks of speaker

3.

Don’t bite your nails, Amanda!

Don’t hunch your shoulders, Amanda!

Stop that slouching and sit up straight,

Amanda!

3) In which of the following pictures, the girl has a similar physical posture as that of Amanda as described in above stanza?

a)
b)
c)
d)
4.

(I am Rapunzel; I have not a care;

life in a tower is tranquil and rare;

I’ll certainly never let down my bright hair!)

4) Which of the following picture best describes Rapunzel?

a)
b)
c)
d)
5.

(I am Rapunzel; I have not a care;

life in a tower is tranquil and rare;

I’ll certainly never let down my bright hair!)

5) Why does the speaker wish not to let down her bright hair?

a)

The speaker prefers solitude

b)

The last hope of a teenager

c)

Mind is dangerous

d)

She fears risking her bright hair

6.

I thought I told you to clean your shoes, Amanda!

a)

Rhetoric and Tautology

b)

Exclamation and Repetition

c)

Litotes and Simile

d)

Rehtoric and Litotes

7.

Who has penned the poem Amanda?

a)

Leslie Norris

b)

John Berryman

c)

Carolyn Wells

d)

Robin klein

8.

Name the literary device used in the line "Don't bite your nails, Amanda! Don't hunch your shoulders,

Amanda!"

a)

Anaphora

b)

Enjambment

c)

Metaphor

d)

Alliteration

9.
(There is a languid, emerald sea,        where the sole inhabitant is me —        a mermaid, drifting blissfully.) – these lines are related to whom in the poem ‘Amanda’?
a)
Robin Klein
b)
Amanda’s mother
c)
The speaker
d)
Amanda
10.

What does the speaker forbid Amanda to eat?

a)

food

b)

fruit

c)

chocolate

d)

all of the above