Poetry Unit Review PARTNER UP GET OUT A

Poetry Unit Review PARTNER UP. GET OUT A SHEET OF PAPER. CREATE A NAME FOR YOUR TEAM. AND LET’S GET STARTED! YOU WILL NUMBER AS WE GO.

“Cremation of Sam Mc. Gee” WHAT POETIC DEVICE DOES THE AUTHOR USE IN THE FOLLOWING LINES OF POETRY?

1. The Artic Trails have their secret tales

2. He was always cold, but the Land of Gold

3. Though he’d often say in his homely way that “he’d sooner live in hell. ”

4. “It’s the cursed cold, and it’s got right hold

5. “It was lashed to the sleigh and it seemed to say: “You may tax your brawn and brains, but you promised true. ”

6. And every day that quiet clay seemed to heavy and heavier grow.

7. Then “Here” said I, with a sudden cry, “is my cre-ma-tor-um. ”

8. And the greasy smoke in an inky cloak went streaking down the sky

9. The flames just soared, and the furnace roared— such a blaze you seldom see;

10. And he wore a smile you could see a mile, and he said: “Please close that door. ”

11. True or false Sam and his partner Cap were searching for gold

12. True or false Tearing planks from the cabin floor, Cap made a giant bonfire near the ship

13. True or false Using the ship’s boiler, Cap finally cremated Sam Mc. Gee.

14. True or false When Cap looked into the boiler, he saw nothing but Sam’s ashes

15. True or false The men that moil for gold are the travelers on the Dawson Trail

16. Vocabulary What is a very warm jacket with a hood?

17. Vocabulary No longer cared for or used by anyone.

18. Vocabulary To burn the body of someone who has just died

19. Vocabulary Edge or Margin

20. Vocabulary To pay attention to advice or a warning

21. Vocabulary To give respectful attention

22. Vocabulary Shockingly horrible

23. Vocabulary Muscular Strength

“Vincent” Answer the following questions about the poem “Vincent” or the article Vincent Van Gogh

24. What type of poem is “Vincent”?

25. What 3 jobs did Vincent fail at and why?

26. Why was Vincent not a good missionary?

27. When did Vincent paint 70 paintings in 70 days?

28. When did Van Gogh finally realize he wanted to be a painter?

29. What did Vincent give to a female he barely knew?

“The Saddle Ridge Coins” Answers the questions about “The Saddle Ridge Coins” article

30. The Sierra Nevada couple dug up the $10 million coins. Where did they find the coins?

31. What were the man and woman doing when they noticed the top of the canister?

32. Aside from dirt, what was on the coins?

33. After going back to the same spot, the man and the woman discovered _______ total cans, _____ total coins.

34. The main reason the couple wants to remain anonymous is

35. A large majority of the coins will be sold through?

36. What are the oddest coins in the bunch?

37. What does the couple plan to do with the money?

Poetic Devices Name the poetic device being used

38. The sky was like an endless cave

39. The fog crawled down the hill and hid among the feet of the trees

40. The school was a jungle

41. Amid this hot green glowing gloom A word falls with a raindrop's boom. .

42. The moon is faithful, although blind

43. Time is a green orchard.

44. All that I hear Is the slish-slosh of the rain.

45. This test will be a piece of cake.