from My Uncle

Name the poet.

Where is the poet from?

Name the subject of the poem.

What is the subject's profession?

• mason

• construction worker

• carpenter

• doctor

The poem has _____ lines and _____ stanzas.

• 26;13

• 20;10

• 30;15

• 24;12

"...care tapped rat tat tat upon the handle". Which sound device is found in this line?

• assonance

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• repetition

"The knuckles of his hands were sil-

vered knobs of nails hit, hurt and flat-" shows which sound device?

"his clip clop sandals slapped across the concrete". This line from the poem is an example of which figure of speech?

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

"with plane and quick sandpaper until

it shone like this short-sighted glasses."

These lines from the poem contain an example of which figure of speech?

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

Which letter is alliterative in the following lines?

"of his humpbacked chisel. Cold

world of wood caught fire as he whittled: rectangle"