WorksheetsDay of the Dead Vocabulary
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 20mins
Which term refers to a funny poem written for the Day of the Dead that talks about death or saying goodbye?
Calavera Literaria
La Muerte
Farewell
Tone
Which option best defines La Muerte (Death) as used in this unit?
A farewell message to a friend.
Death, often shown as a character who comes to take things or people.
A special kind of writing that uses rhythm, rhyme, and feelings.
Something you struggle with or want to get better at.
Select the best example of personification based on the definitions.
The wind whispered through the trees.
Cat and hat sound alike.
Goodbye, my friend.
A poem about history with no rhyme.
A student writes lines that end with the words light and night. Which term from the vocabulary best fits this feature?
Tone
Rhyme
Farewell
Weakness
Which choice most accurately describes a poem according to the vocabulary list?
A way to say goodbye.
A Mexican holiday to remember those who have passed.
A special kind of writing that uses rhythm, rhyme, and feelings.
The attitude in which something is said or described.
You read a Calavera Literaria that jokes with Death as if she knocks on the door. Which two vocabulary ideas are most clearly at work?
Rhyme and Weakness
Personification and La Muerte
Tone and Farewell
Dia de los Muertos and Poem
Read the poem above. The poet uses personification in line 5 to show -
the speaker does not like the weather.
the weather was very cold, harsh, and windy.
the speaker is complaining about the wind.
it is about to snow.
A row of flickering jack-o-lanterns grinned at us menacingly as we made our way to the front door.
The personification in this sentence gives a human characteristic to
a door
trick-or-treaters
jack-o-lanterns
a candle
Which country is famous for celebrating El Dia de los Muertos?
Spain
Ireland
England
Mexico
When is Dia de los Muertos celebrated:
October 31st
November 1st and 2nd
October 3rd and 10th
November 21st and 22nd
Who or what supposedly returns during this time?
Angels
The spirits of loved ones
Demons
None of the above
An ofrenda is . . .
a skull or skeleton decoration.
an intricately-cut tissue paper decoration.
a collection of objects placed on an altar to honor loved ones.
small sugar candies in the shape of skulls.
How are the toy skeletons dressed and why?
In all black, to show that death is scary.
Like everyday people, to show that the afterlife isn't all that different from this life.
In blue, to show that death is sad.
Both A and B
"Wow! With a top speed of one hundred fifty miles per hour, that car can almost fly!"
In what tone did the Gators's reply?
What is the tone of the following sentence?
"'Here we go again,' he moaned, as he watched the other team score yet another goal."
joy
fury
excitement
frustration
The paragraphs (sections of lines) in a poem are called...
stanzas
lines
photos
subheadings
