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Poetry
Contribué par: Bangert
  • 1. What word means almost the SAME as TRIUMPH?
A) contest
B) loss
C) victory
D) meeting
  • 2. Which word means using the same words or phrases over and over again?
A) connotation
B) denotation
C) stanza
D) repetition
  • 3. Which word means almost the SAME as HOVERING?
A) to hang fluttering
B) to sit beneath
C) to stand above
D) to walk beside slowly
  • 4. What does the word ACCOMPLISHMENT mean?
A) something that is completed or done successfully
B) something that is desperately desired
C) something that is won in a contest
D) something that is reached with the help of others
  • 5. What does the word CONNOTATION mean?
A) the basic definition of a word
B) the use of words or phrases over and over
C) the idea suggested by the meaning of the word
D) the way the lines of a poem are divided
  • 6. What is a STANZA?
A) the use of words or phrases over and over
B) the basic definition of a word
C) the simple difference between similar things
D) the way the lines of a poem are divided
  • 7. What does DENOTATION mean?
A) a word that means almost the same
B) a word that means the opposite
C) the plural form of a word
D) the basic definition of a word
  • 8. What does it mean to be DANGLING?
A) to be supported from below
B) to hang loosely
C) to fall down
D) to be blown gently with the breeze
  • 9. What is the theme of the poems?
A) success
B) swimming
C) winning
D) space travel
  • 10. How are "Swimming to the Rock" and "The Moondust Footprint" DIFFERENT?
A) "Swimming to the Rock" is about an historical accomplishment, and "The Moondust Footprint" is about a personal accomplishment.
B) "Swimming to the Rock" is about a personal accomplishment, and "The Moondust Footprint" is about an historical accomplishment.
C) "Swimming to the Rock" is about winning a race to a rock, and "The Moondust Footprint" is about winning a race to the moon.
D) Both poems are about a personal accomplishment.
  • 11. Read the following line from the poem "Swimming to the Rock."

    The Rock is very, very, far away.

    Why does the author use repetition?
A) to emphasize how close the Rock is
B) to describe the Rock
C) to show how afraid the poet is
D) to emphasize how far the Rock is
  • 12. Read the following lines from the poem "Genius"

    The last verse of my poem leaves
    her silent as a mouse.

    Why is the poet comparing these two things?
A) to describe how tired the sister is
B) to show how much the sister likes the poem
C) to build suspense as the reader wonders what the sister will say
D) to show that the sister dislikes the poem
  • 13. What does the speaker accomplish in the poem "Winner"?
A) His dad hit in a winning run
B) He hit a winning run
C) He struck out a batter
D) He hit a home run
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