3rd Form: An African Thunderstorm

What devices can be found in the poem?

• simile, idiom, and metaphor

• personification, metaphor and alliteration

• imagery, simile, personification, metaphor

• metaphor, pun and similie

What is the tone of the poem?

• Fear

• Strength

• Hope

• Poverty

What is the mood of the poem?

• Destruction and Chaos

• Strength and chaos

• Dynamic and poverty

• Despair and health

The theme of the poem is?

• Destruction and Chaos

• Love and Hope

• Poverty and Faith

• Destruction and Hope

The storm originated from the ______.

• west

• south

• north

• east

The poet of the poem is

• David Rubadari

• David Rubadiri

• David Rubenson

• David Rubardo

Provide 1 example of onomatopoeia in stanza 1

• whirling

• circle

• around

• swirl

2 words from stanza 1 that create a negative picture of the storm

• mad man, chasing

• tossing

• sharply, plague

• All of the above.

How are the clouds described in stanza 2 and what image do we get of the clouds?

• They perch on the hill.

• Number 1 and 2.

• Raining

• The clouds are pregnant.

Why would the children respond to the storm with delight?

• The rain will scare them.

• They are afraid of the rain.

• They enjoy playing in the rain.

• Too much lightning.