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WorksheetsPoetry Review Questions
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 4hrs 31mins
Use “Stage Fright” (p. 15) to answer the question below.
has volunteered to be in the play
practices on the stage
enjoys playing the role of the prince
feels prepared for his performance
Use “Stage Fright” (p. 15) to answer question
The poet uses line 11 to signal that the speaker changes from —
cheerful to sad
interested to bored
confident to unsure
desperate to hopeful
Use “Stage Fright” (p. 15) to answer question
In line 3, why does the poet repeat and italicize the words from line 2?
To show that the role will be difficult
To emphasize that this role is important to the speaker
To show that the speaker is familiar with the play
To give the name of the play the speaker is in
Use “Stage Fright” (p. 15) to answer the question
The poem is mostly about a speaker who —
is chosen for a role in a play that he doesn’t understand
has trouble with his lines after seeing his classmates in the audience
experiences problems onstage but is able to finish his performance
can hardly wait to be onstage because he has practiced so much
Use “Stage Fright” (p. 15) to answer the question
The poet uses figurative language in line 18 to highlight the speaker’s —
determination to do well
anxiety once he gets onstage
satisfaction in being chosen for the role
eagerness to perform
What does the FIRST T in TFAST stand for?
t- the theme of the poem. What message do we see in the poem.
t- the main idea- what was the poem mostly about?
T- Title, why did the author chose that title? What connection does it have to the poem?
T-The attitude- what is the poet or speaker's attitude, mood or tone?
What does the F stand for in TFAST?
Figurative lanaguage- ISHAMPOO
First five lines
Finding how many stanzas
What does the A stand for in TFAST?
Always stating the theme or message
APPE Planner for your ECR response
Attitude- what is the poet or speakers attitude in the poem?
Answering all the questions first
What does the S stand for in TFAST?
Hashtaging the stanzas
summarizing the poem
sentence structure
sequencing
What does the FINAL T stand for in TFAST?
Title- why did the author chose that title? How does it connect to the poem?
Theme- what is the the theme or message throughout the poem that the author is saying.
The number of lines you count
The number of times you read the poem
How many times should we read a poem?
4
7
1
3
What is the difference between a poet and a speaker?
A speaker writes the poem while a poet narrates the poem.
A poet writes the poem while the speaker narrates the poem.
A poet voices their oppinon about the poem and the speaker writes the words
Speakers use figurative language and poets do not
Dad was a bear at breakfast things morning.
What type of figurative language is above?
simile because it uses like or as to compare dad to a bear
hyperbole because it is an overexaggerated expression
metaphor because it compares dad to a bear without using like or as
personification because it gives human characteristics to an object or thing
What type of figurative language is used below?
Debbie danced during the day.
alliteration because it has the same beginning sound in one line.
personification because it gives human characteristics to objects or things
hyperbole because it is an exaggeration
idiom because it is a nonliteral saying
Before I went on stage, my legs shook like spaghetti
This simile means____________.
The speaker was nervous
The speaker was mad
The speaker was confident
The speaker was happy
