Ode to My Shoes
The poem uses personification: The shoes do and feel things that people usually do and feel. For instance, the shoes...
A. blink
B. dance
C. eat breakfast
D. fall asleep
D. fall asleep
Who are the "sightseers" from the poem's title?
A. beettles visiting a tree
B. humans watching opossums
C. humans on a bus
D. opossums in the woods
D. opossums in the woods
Which statement below expresses the main message of the poem?
A. "We like to sing."
B. "We respect and admire the ocean."
C. "We enjoy traveling."
D. "We live very close to the ocean."
B. "We respect and admire the ocean."
What is the rhyme pattern in "Ode to my Shoes"?
A. All the lines rhyme with each other.
B. There are two pairs of rhyming lines.
C. The second and fourth lines rhyme.
D. None of the lines rhyme.
D. None of the lines rhyme.
Which phrase below best describes the punctuation in the poem?
A. The poem has no punctuation.
B. The poem has commas but no end punctuation.
C. The poem has periods but no other punctuation.
D. Every line ends with a question mark.
A. The poem has no punctuation.
A. walks in a relaxed way
B. runs at top speed
C. hops up and down
D. walks in a sneaky, nervous way
A. walks in a relaxed way
The poet calls ocean waves "thunderous" to show that they...
A. come from the sky.
B. are caused by a storm.
C. scare people.
D. make a loud noise.
D. make a loud noise.
Which statement about the structure of "Sightseers" is true?
A. It has 20 lines.
B. It's made up of pairs of rhyming lines.
C. It has two stanzas.
D. Its last line rhymes with its first line.
C. It has two stanzas.
In the line "They revisit the places they went to during the day," the word revisit means...
A. changeB. go back to
C. can't rememberD. can't find
B. go back to
Based on the poem, you can infer that opossums eat...
A. bugs and dirt
B. bugs and fruit
C. Birds and fruit
D. Eggs and fish
B. bugs and fruit
Which statement about the poem's structure is true?
A. None of the lines rhyme with each other.
B. The first two lines rhyme with each other.
C. It has four stanzas.
D. All of its lines end with the same word.
A. None of the lines rhyme with each other.
The line "of the sounds of thunderous waves," from "Carrying Our Words" is an example of which kind of figurative language?
A. Hyperbole
B. Simile
C. Alliteration
D. Metaphor
D. Metaphor
Which of the phrases below best describes the mood of the poem?
A. worried and fearful
B. excited and impatient
C. angry and frustrated
D. relaxed and peaceful
D. relaxed and peaceful
What type of figurative language is the line "A little gray bus of an opossum"?
A. Alliteration
B. Hyperbole
C. Metaphor
D. Simile
C. Metaphor
Reread lines 6 and 7. They mean that songs are given...
A. from whales to dolphins.
B. from whales to people.
C. from the sky to the ocean.
D. from the ocean to people and back again.
D. from the ocean to people and back again.
The poem’s last line says that the speakers call the ocean their relative. What literary element is the poet using?
A. Simile
B. Personification
C. Hyperbole
D. Alliteration
B. Personification
The last line of the poem is an example of what kind of literary technique?
A. Alliteration
B. Simile
C. Metaphor
D. Hyperbole
A. Alliteration