WorksheetsThe Clock Man
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 15mins
How the person in the poem reacts to and feels about time when he was a kid?
The kid does not want to pay money and he is rude to the Clock Man.
The kid pays for extra days and he feels sad with the days he has.
The kid does not want to pay and he feels happy with the days he has.
The kid pays extra days and he smiles happily.
How the person in the poem reacts to and feels about time when he was an adult?
The adult does not want to pay for extra days and he feels secure with his days.
The adult want to pay a million dollar or more for extra days and he feels insecure with his plenty days.
The adult does not want to pay for extra days and he is bragging about the days he has.
The adult want to pay a dollar or less for extra days and he feels secure with his plenty days.
How the person in the poem reacts to and feels about time when he was an old man?
The old man is willing to pay a dollar or else for extra days and he feels scared of death.
The old man is willing to pay a lot for extra days and he feels scared of death.
The old man is willing to pay a dollar or less for extra days and he feels okay facing his dying moment.
The old man is willing to pay a lot for extra days and he feels okay facing his dying moment.
How many characters are in "The Clock Man" poem?
2 - The Clock Man and The person who grew up into an old man
4 - The Clock Man, the kid, the adult, the old man
6 -The Clock Man and the kid, Another Clock Man and the adult, Another different Clock Man and an old man
The text structure of The Clock Man poem is chronological because.
It is telling the steps on how the boy grow up into and adult and eventually becoming an old man.
It is comparing The Clock Man with the person's life since he was a kid, an adult, and until he is old.
It is describing the way to appreciate time and show how precious time is when we are old.
It tells the change of the person's perspectives about time since he was a boy until he becomes an old man.
Poems have a specific structure compared to another texts. Read the statement and mark the INCORRECT one.
Poems have lines stanzas.
Poems have figurative languages.
Poems have sentences and paragraphs.
Poems have moral lesson and text features.
What is the name of the reading strategy when you are asked to explain your experience related to the moral lesson of The Clock Man poem?
Making connection between the text to myself.
Making connection between the text to another text.
Making connection between the text to the world.
Making connection between the world to myself.
What is the name of the reading strategy when you are asked to find the similarities and the differences between The Clock Man poem and Columbus and The Egg story?
Finding reliable resources
Comparing and contrasting
Finding the solution of a problem
Experimenting and filling the blank
The lines: “How much will you pay for an extra day?” are repeated three times on the first, fifth, and tenth lines.
What poetic device is it?
Alliteration
Repetition
Personification
Hyperbole
Read this line carefully: “For my days are as many as smiles.”
What figurative language is it?
Litotes
Metaphor
Personification
Simile
When the old man asked about paying extra days, he said he wants to pay with “All of the pearls in all of the seas, and all of the stars in the sky.”
What figurative language is it?
Hyperbole and Metaphor
Hyperbole and Simile
Metaphor and Simile
Hyperbole, Metaphor, and Simile
Which of the following option is NOT a text feature in The Clock Man poem?
Title
Illustration
Caption
Text box
Graphs
What perspective does the poem have when it keeps telling us how the kid grows up into an adult, and eventually becomes an old man?
Ethnicity
Education
Job
Age
How does the interaction between The Clock Man and the person in the poem shape the importance of time?
The Clock Man asked the same questions about extra days but the person always give different answer according to his age.
The Clock Man needs money so he sells extra days to the person in the poem although he has been rejected twice.
The person does not have money so he refuses The Clock Man until his time to die comes.
The person is willing to pay a lot for extra days when he was old because he has no money when he was a kid.
Why do we need to compare The Clock Man poem with a short story and a non-fiction video?
It is because we can watch the video and read the short story better when we make connection with the poem.
It is because we can understand the poem better when we make connection with other text.
It is because the assignment asked me to do compare and contrast.
Which of the following best describes the theme of this poem?
People care about time more as they get older.
Children think their time will never run out.
Time can be bought at a price.
People are afraid to face their own death.
Which detail best supports the theme?
"For my days are as many as smiles." (Line 4)
“He asked when the time came to die.” (Line 10)
"All of the pearls in all of the seas" (Line 11)
'‘How much will you pay for an extra day?’” (Line 5)
What does the clock man represent in this poem?
Death
Old ages
Money
Time
How do the person's feelings about time change throughout the poem?
He values time more than he did as a child.
He feels angry that he cannot buy any more time.
He is satisfied with the time he has left.
He grows more negative about time as he ages.
How many stanzas are in this poem?
1
2
3
4
