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Poetry Review: Mood, theme, imagery

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 51mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
City Autumn By Joseph Moncure March
   The air breathes frost. A thin wind beats
Old dust and papers down gray streets
And blows brown leaves with curled-up edges
At frightened sparrows on window ledges.
What is the mood?
a)
joyful
b)
annoyed
c)
gloomy
d)
puzzled
2.
The City is So Big
by Richard Garcia
I have seen machines eating houses
And stairways walk all by themselves
And elevator doors opening and closing And people disappear. 
What is the mood?
a)
fearful and confused
b)
jealous and annoyed
c)
heartbroken and bitter
d)
irritated and embarassed
3.
Dreams, by Langston Hughes
Hold fast to dreams
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly.
What is the mood?
a)
sorrowful
b)
irritated
c)
puzzled
d)
apprehensive
4.
I Dream a World by Langston Hughes
A world I dream where black or white,
Whatever race you be,
Will share the bounties of the earth
And every man is free,
What is the mood?
a)
hopeful
b)
fearful
c)
agitated
d)
puzzled
5.
Life Doesn't Frighten Me by Maya Angelou
Don’t show me frogs and snakes
And listen for my scream,
If I'm afraid at all
It’s only in my dreams.
What is the mood?
a)
confident
b)
frightened
c)
lonely
d)
melancholy
6.
The free bird leaps
on the back of the wind
and floats downstream
till the current ends
and dips his wings
in the orange sun rays
and dares to claim the sky.
a)
This stanza has a fearful mood
b)
This stanza has a baffled mood
c)
This stanza has a joyful mood
d)
This stanza has an irritated mood
7.
The Caged Bird by Maya Angelou
But a caged bird stands on the grave of dreams
his shadow shouts on a nightmare scream
What is the mood?
a)
Joyful
b)
heartbroken
c)
embarassed
d)
pensive
8.
a)
The mood is sorrowful
b)
the mood is fearful
c)
the mood is humorous
d)
the mood is apprehensive
9.
The definition of mood is 
a)
the overall feelings or emotions in the writer.
b)
revising your writing so that it is free of errors.
c)
overall feelings or emotions that are created in the reader. 
d)
working with a partner to check your writing. 
10.
Authors set a TONE or MOOD in literature by conveying an emotion or emotions through ________.
a)
space
b)
height
c)
words
d)
funny faces
11.
The message of "The Boy Who Cried Wolf" is that lying is bad.
--
What is this an example of?
a)
Mood
b)
Hyperbole
c)
Rhythm
d)
Theme
12.
Which sentence contains IMAGERY (sensory details)?
a)
The man bought groceries.
b)
The man bought lots of groceries for home.
c)
The tall, dark-haired man bought groceries in brightly-colored packages.
d)
The man went to the store.
13.

How does imagery help us understand the poetry?

a)

It doesn't

b)

By expressing how the author is feeling

c)

Imagery helps us to see, touch, taste, smell, and feel through words

d)

By telling the mood

14.

The chirping crickets filled the empty night air

a)

Metaphor

b)

Imagery

c)

Simile

d)

Personification

15.

Imagery in poetry appeal into the following senses.

a)

Sight

b)

Hearing

c)

Touch

d)

All of the above

16.

The eerie silence was shattered by her scream. The underlined word is _____________.

a)

tactile imagery

b)

gustatory imagery,

c)

auditory imagery

d)

olfactory imagery

17.

The sky was wide and very blue. The imagery used in the sentence is _____________.

a)

visual imagery

b)

olfactory imagery

c)

gustatory imagery

d)

tactile imagery

18.

What is the best primary objective of the writer in using different types of imagery?

a)

Encourage the reader to keep on reading

b)

Encourage the reader to start writing

c)

Help the reader experience the emotional connection with the poem.

d)

none of the above

19.
Vivid description of things seen, heard, smelled, touched, or tasted
a)
Theme
b)
Sensory Details 
c)
Imagery 
d)
Sound Devices
20.

How the READER feels when reading a poem

a)

Mood

b)

Tone

c)

Imagery

d)

Analysis

21.

Words that express the 5 senses

a)

Metaphor

b)

Onomatopoeia

c)

Imagery

d)

Analogy

22.

The author's message or lesson learned in the poem

a)

Topic

b)

Theme

c)

Answer

d)

Fable

23.

I come with no wrapping or pretty pink bows.

I am who I am, from my head to my toes.

I tend to get loud when speaking my mind.

Even a little crazy some of the time.

I'm not a size 5 and don't care to be.

You can be you and I can be me.

I try to stay strong when pain knocks me down.

And the times that I cry are when no one's around.

To error is human or so that's what they say.

Well, tell me who's perfect anyway.


Source: https://www.familyfriendpoems.com/poem/be-proud-of-who-you-are

What would be a theme of this poem?


Source:

a)

Love conquers all

b)

Nobody is perfect

c)

Handwork pays off

d)

It's okay to be wrong

24.

I come with no wrapping or pretty pink bows.

I am who I am, from my head to my toes.

I tend to get loud when speaking my mind.

Even a little crazy some of the time.

I'm not a size 5 and don't care to be.

You can be you and I can be me.

I try to stay strong when pain knocks me down.

And the times that I cry are when no one's around.

To error is human or so that's what they say.

Well, tell me who's perfect anyway.


Which words/phrases help you understand the theme?


Source: https://www.familyfriendpoems.com/poem/be-proud-of-who-you-are

a)

no wrapping

b)

who's perfect anyway?

c)

I'm not a size 5

d)

from my head to my toes