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- 1. Multiple Choice
What is a stanza?
The use of words or phrases over and over
The literal definition of a word
The way the lines of a poem are broken up or separated
The simple difference between similar things
- 2. Multiple Choice
Which word means using the same words or phrases over and over again?
repetition
denotation
connotation
stanza
- 3. Multiple Choice
What does it mean to be dangling?
To be supported from below
To blow gently in the wind
To fall down
To hang
- 4. Multiple Choice
What does the word accomplishment mean?
Something that is desperately desired
A goal that has been completed
A goal that is reached with the help of others
Something that is won in a contest
- 5. Multiple Choice
What does the word denotation mean?
A word that means the same or similar
The literal definition of a word
The plural form of a word
A word that is different or the opposite
- 6. Multiple Choice
Which word means almost the SAME as triumph?
loss
contest
meeting
victory
- 7. Multiple Choice
Which word means almost the SAME as hovering?
To stand above
To walk next to slowly
Stays in one place in the air
To sit under
- 8. Multiple Choice
What does the word connotation mean?
The idea suggested by the meaning of a word
The literal definition of a word
The use of words or phrases over and over
The way the lines of a poem are broken up or separated
- 9. Multiple Choice
What is the theme of the poems?
winning
space travel
swimming
success
- 10. Multiple Choice
How are “Swimming to the Rock” and “The Moondust Footprint” DIFFERENT?
“Swimming to the Rock” is about a historical achievement, and “The Moondust Footprint” is about a personal achievement.
“Swimming to the Rock” is about a personal achievement, and “The Moondust Footprint” is about a historical achievement.
“Swimming to the Rock” is about a race to a rock, and “The Moondust Footprint” is about a race to the moon.
Both poems are about a personal achievement.
- 11. Multiple Choice
What does the speaker accomplish in the poem “Winner”?
He hit in a winning run
His dad hit in a winning run
He struck out a batter
He hit a homerun
- 12. Multiple Choice
Read the following line from the poem “Swimming to the Rock”:
The rock is very, very far away.
Why does the author use repetition?
To show how afraid the poet is
To stress how close the rock is
To stress how far the rock is
To describe the rock
- 13. Multiple Choice
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?
To show how much the sister likes the poem
To show that the sister does not like the poem
To describe how tired the sister is
To build suspense as the reader wonders what the sister will say
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