An Unwelcome Guest

1.How can you tell that “An Unwelcome Guest” is poetry?

• A It includes dialogue.

• B It is divided into stanzas.

• C It has characters and plot.

• D It tells about important events in an author's life.

2.What does the word shrieks mean in line 6?

• F Laughs

• G Asks

• H Sings

• J Screams

3.How do the residents of the city react to the “guest”?

• A They fight against it

• B They welcome it.

• C They run from it.

• D They ask it to return.

4.Why does the poet compare cars to fish?

• F To show that cars are in water.

• G To show that cars are blue.

• H To explain how cars can ride on water.

• J To explain why the cars are full of fish.

5.The poem includes a message about the —

• A power of a storm

• B need to work together

• C excitement of a new adventure

• D importance of fixing past mistakes

6.Which of these belongs in the empty box?

• F The storm blows into town.

• G The storm leaves a mess.

• H The storm has greenish clouds.

• J The storm floods the city.

7."It rips the branches off the trees And flings them in the street like skis."

This is an example of ...

• A metaphor

• B simile

• C alliteration

• D onomatopoeia

8."Its greenish clouds swirl and burst."

This is an example of ...

• F hyperbole

• G alliteration

• H imagery

• J simile

9.Which lines from the poem rhyme?

• A lines 1 and 4

• B lines 9 and 11

• C lines 16 and 20

• D lines 13 and 14

10."An Unwelcome Guest" is a ______ poem.

• F lyrical

• G humorous

• H narrative

• J free verse