Reading 2nd quarter – Flashcards
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Annabel Lee
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Edgar Allan Poe
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The Highwayman
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Alfred Noyes
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Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
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Robert Frost
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I'm Nobody
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Emily Dickinson
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One
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James Berry
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Onomatopoeia
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Eve Merriam
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The Cremation of Sam McGee
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Robert Service
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Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout Would Not Take the Garbage Out
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Shel Silverstein
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Who overhears the conversation between the highwayman and Bess?
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Tim the ostler
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What is the highwayman planning to do when he asks Bess to wait for him?
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commit a robbery
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What is suspenseful about "The Highwayman"?
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knowing that the redcoats are waiting to capture the highwayman
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How do the redcoats know that the highwayman will come to see Bess?
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Tim the ostler has told them
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Why does the highwayman hurry back to the inn after he hears that Bess has died?
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He wants to take revenge
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The opening of "The Cremation of Sam McGee" states that "the Arctic trails have their secret tales." What does that statement suggest about the atmosphere, or mood, of the poem?
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It will be strange
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Why is the setting of "The Cremation of Sam McGee" important to Sam's fate?
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The Arctic cold causes Sam to die.
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What does Sam McGee mean when he says that he would "sooner live in hell"?
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He would rather be in hell than feel cold all the time.
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What does Sam McGee tell the speaker before the men go to sleep on Christmas night?
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He will die soon.
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What is the best paraphrase of this passage from "Annabel Lee"? - her highborn kinsmen came / And bore her away from me, / To shut her up in a sepulcher
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Her well-to-do relatives carried away her corpse and buried it in a tomb.
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Which of the following words from "Annabel Lee" form a rhyme?
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"ago," "sea," "know," "Lee"
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When does the speaker in "Annabel Lee" dream of and see Annabel Lee?
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when the moon beams and the stars rise
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Where does Annabel Lee live?
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in her lover's memory
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What is the best summary of the speaker's basic message in "Annabel Lee"?
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I am heartbroken, and I will never stop loving Annabel Lee.
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Who are the subjects of "I'm Nobody"?
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Nobodies and Somebodies
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What is the best paraphrase of these lines from "I'm Nobody"? ... Are you - Nobody - too?/ Then there's a pair of us!
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If you are also no one important, then there are two of us.
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What does the speaker in "I'm Nobody" say is dreary?
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being well known
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Which lines rhyme in this verse from "I'm Nobody"? - I'm Nobody! Who are you?/ Are you - Nobody- too?/ Then there's a pair of us! / Don't tell! they'd banish us - you know!
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the first and second
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What is the speaker in "I'm Nobody" saying?
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She wants to remain hidden and unknown
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What is the best paraphrase of "an admiring Bog? in the last line of "I'm Nobody"?
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a cheering crowd
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The speaker in "I'm Nobody" regards fame as
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a bad thing
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Why has the speaker in "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" stopped his horse?
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to appreciate the beauty of the woods
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What is the best paraphrase of these lines from "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening"? - My little horse must think it queer / To stop without a farmhouse near
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My small horse must think it odd that we have stopped far from any farmhouse.
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Why does the speaker in "Stopping by Wood on a Snowy Evening" hear so few sounds?
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The snow muffles most noise.
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On a symbolic level, what does the speaker in "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" mean when he says, - "And miles to go before I sleep"?
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He has much to do before the end of his life.
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Which of these words from "Onomatopoeia" is an example of onomatopoeia?
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splatters
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If you were reading aloud these lines from "Onomatopoeia," where would you pause? - The rusty spigot/ sputters,/ utters/ a splutter.
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after "sputters" and "splutter"
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Which of these words from "Onomatopoeia" is an example of onomatopoeia?
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"spurts"
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Which of these lines from "Onomatopoeia" contains alliteration?
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Th rusty spigot/sputters
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What is happening in "Onomatopoeia"?
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a rusty faucet hesitates but then allows water to run
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What conclusion can you draw from these lines from "Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout Would Not Take the Garbage Out"? - She'd scour the pots and scrape the pans,/ Candy the yams and spice the hams
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Sarah was willing to wash the dishes and cook
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Which line from "Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout Would Not Take the Garbage Out" contains alliteration?
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"Crust of black burned buttered toast"
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What is the best paraphrase of this passage from "Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout Would Not Take the Garbage Out"? - And all the neighbors moved away,/ And none of her friends would come to play./ And finally Sarah Cynthia Stout said,/ "OK, I'll take the garbage out!"
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Sarah's neighbors had moved and her friends had stopped playing with her by the time Sarah agreed to take out the trash.
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Which of the following passages from "One" contains repetition?
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"But anybody can act how I stutter in a rage./ Anybody can copy echoes I make."
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What is meant by this passage from "One"? - But anybody can mimic my dance with my dog./ Anybody can howl how I sing out of tune./ And mirrors can show me multiplied/ many times
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People can act like me, and mirrors can reflect my image.
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If you were reading "One" aloud, where would you pause? - And mirrors can show me multiplied/ many times, say, dressed up in red/ or dressed up gray.
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after "times" and after "say"
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What is the best paraphrase of the passage from "One"? - I am just this one./ Nobody else makes the words/ I shape with sound, when I talk.
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I am an individual, and no one else sounds like me.
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Which of these lines from "One" contains alliteration?
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And mirrors can show me multiplied/ many times
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Loo-Wit
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Wendy Rose
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Mother to Son
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Langston Hughes
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The Courage That My Mother Said
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Edna St. Vincent Millay
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The Village Blacksmith
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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Life
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Naomi Long Madgett
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Fog
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Carl Sandburg
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Which word best summarizes the content of "Mother to Son"?
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advice
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Who is "honey" in the following line from "Mother to Son?" - For I'se still going/, honey
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the son
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Which details in "Mother to Son" point to the conclusion that the mother has had a hard life?
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She says that life has had "tacks in it, / And splinters."
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What is the speaker's message in "Mother to Son?"
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Keep trying no matter what.
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In "Mother to Son," what does the "crystal stair" represent?
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an easy life
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What conclusion about the mother can you draw from the details in these lines from "Mother to Son"? - For I'se still goin', honey,? I'se still climbin'.
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She as not given up
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Which of you senses can best help you picture this passage from "The Village Blacksmith"? - Under a spreading chestnut tree/ The village smithy stands;/ The smith, a might man is he, / With large and sinewy hands.
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sight
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Which kind of figurative language is represented by these lines from "The Village Blacksmith"? - You can hear him swing his heavy sledge, .../ Like a sexton ringing the village bell.
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simile
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Why does the blacksmith in "The Village Blacksmith" weep when his daughter sings?
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He is reminded of her mother
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What conclusion can you draw about the blacksmith from the details in these lines from "The Village Blacksmith"? - Week in, week out, from morn till night,/ You can hear his bellows blow.
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He works hard
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Who is "my worthy friend? in the following lines from "The Village Blacksmith"? - Thanks, thanks, to thee, my worthy friend,/For the lesson thou hast taught!
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the blacksmith
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Which of the following lines from "The Village Blacksmith" contains a simile?
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"And catch the burning sparks that fly/ Like chaff from a threshing floor.?
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To which animal is the fog compared in "Fog"?
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a cat
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Which word best describes the fog in the poem "Fog"?
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silent
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Which kind of figurative language is used in "Fog"?
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extended metaphor
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In the poem "Life," to what is life compared?
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a ticking watch
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In "Life", to what happens when the old man grows tired of the game?
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he does not rewind the watch
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In "Life," what does the winding down of the watch represent?
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the approach of death
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Which kind of figurative language is represented by this line from "Life"? - Life is but a toy that swings on a bright gold chain
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metaphor
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What conslusion can you draw from the details in these lines from "Life"? - Life is but a toy that swings on a bright gold chain/ Ticking but for a little while.
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the speaker thinks that life is short.
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In "Life", the line "And lets the watch run down" indicates that
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life ends
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Which kind of figurative language is used when Loo-Wit is called "this old woman?"
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personification
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Which of your senses can best help you picture this passage from "Loo-Wit?" - Around her/ machinery growls, snarls and plows/ great patches/ of her skin.
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Sight and hearing
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By connecting the details in "Loo-Wit," what can you conclude is going on in the poem?
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A volcano is erupting
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What happens to Loo-Wit while she is sleeping?
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Cedar trees grow on her.
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How long has it been since "Loo-Wit" last erupted
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hundreds of years
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What conclusion can you draw about the following details in "Loo-Wit"? - Around her machinery growls, /snarls and plows/ great patches/ of her skin
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Forestry equipment is cutting away swatches of woodland.
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What figure of speech is used in these lines from "Loo-Wit"? - shaking the sky/ like a blanket about her
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simile
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How might the following lines from "The Courage That My Mother Had" best be described?- Oh, if instead she'd left to me/ The thing she took into the grave! -
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as a wish
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The reader of The Courage That My Mother Had" can conclude that the speaker's mother has died. Which details point to that conclusion?
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she is now in a granite hill
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Which statement best captures the meaning of the following lines about the golden brooch in The Courage That My Mother Had"? - I have no thing I treasure more:/ Yet, it is something I could spare.
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I treasure the brooch, but I could live without it
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Which trait does granite symbolize in these lines from The Courage That My Mother Had"? - Rock from New England quarried;/ Now granite in a granite hill.
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courage
