The Writer

Who wrote "The Writer"?

• Richard Wilbur
• Emily Dickinson
• Robert Frost
• Theodor Seuss Geisel

What character is the voice of the poem?

• The daughter
• The house
• The father
• The mother

What literary technique is used in the line describing the sound of the girl typing?
 "Like a chain hauled over a gunwale."

• synecdoche
• metaphor
• simile
• consonance 

What is a starling?

• a young celebrity
• a bird
• a meteor
• a typewriter part

What does the father wish for his daughter?

• "a smooth course"
• "a stillness"
• "a lucky passage"
• "the wits to try it again"

Which kind of sense memory caused the father to remember the bird caught in the room?

• auditory
• olfactory
• tactile
• visual