The hot day
a fiery yellow lightbulb of heat
the sun reigns over the summer sky,
strong enough to sizzle meat,
bright enough to blind the eye
but soon, for certain, twilight will come
to tuck the sun into its nap.
Night will bring soft pillows of air
till morning when the sun is back.
the questions:
1) read these lines from the peom:
but soon, for certain, twilight will come to tuck the sun into its nap
this is an example of _
a) metaphor
b )simile
c )flashback
d) personification
2) which of the choice below best illustrates the heat of the sun?
a)sizzle
b)bright
c)reigns
d)tucks
3)which line from the peom shows that the temperture during the evening is comfortable?
a) "but soon, for certain, twilight will come"
b) "to tuck the sun into its nap"
c) "Night will bring soft pillows of air"
d) "till morning when the sun is back"
4)which of the following is a difference between the first and second stanzas of the peom?
a) the first stanza uses meetaphor; the second does not
b) the first stanza uses rhymes; the second does not
c) the first stanza contains a simile; the second does not
d) the first stanza is a quatrain; the second is not
5) which line from the peom tells you this peom was probably written in the twentieth century?
a) "to tuck the sun into its nap"
b) "a fiery yellow ligtbulb of heat"
c) "strong enough to sizzle meat"
d) "night will bring soft pillows of air"
2007-08-18
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