Metaphor Poems

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12 questions
1

Read the poem "The Sea" on page 335 to answer questions 1-4. Select the letter of the sentence that best describes the sea.

1

Select the letter of the sentence that describes the "sea dog" in stanza 2.

2

According to stanza 3, during what time of year is the "sea dog" quiet?

5

Do you think that the poet could have compared the sea to a butterfly instead of a dog? Tell why.

2

Read the poem "The Toaster" on page 338 to answer questions 5-9. What two things are being compared in this poem?

2

What is the speaker doing in this poem?

2

What part of the toaster is the dragons' silver scales? What part of the toaster is the dragon's jaws?

2

Is the toaster close to the speaker or far away? How do you know?

1

Select the letter of the phrase that best describes what kind of dragon the toaster is.

2

Read the poem "Things to Do If You Are a Subway" on page 340 to answer questions 10-12. This poem is an extended metaphor. What two things are begin compared in this poem?

3

What are two ways in which a subway and a dragon are alike?

2

In lines 4-5, the poem describes dragons as swallowing piles of people and spitting them out. What action would this be describing for actual subways?