Poetry Passages

Which literary device is used for "Dive for pearls

like stars?"

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Pun

• Setting

Which type of text structure is used for this poem?

• Cause & Effect

• Problem & Solution

• Chronological

• Description

What two meanings does the word "scales" have in the first stanza?

• "Scales" refers to musical scales she might sing.

• "Scales" refers to a device for measuring the weight of things.

• "Scales" refers to climbing something of height.

• "Scales" refers to the scales of a fish's skin.

How does the author use parentheses in the poem?

• Parentheses take the place of commas throughout the poem.

• Parentheses help separate the goldfishes thoughts from his actual words.

• Parentheses help separate important ideas from unimportant ideas.

• Parentheses help separate the thoughts of the male goldfish from the thoughts of the female goldfish.

Which detail from the text best supports the theme of the text?

• “(He's bowled over. He would / take her to the ocean, they could / count the waves.” (Lines 12-14)

• “(He's a drifter, always / floating around her, has / nowhere else to go.” (Lines 1-3)

• “(and he could not give) / a life / beyond the / (bowl)” (Lines 25-28)

• “(But her love's since / gone belly-up. His heart sinks / like a fish.” (Lines 18-20)

How does the structure of the poem contribute to its meaning?

• The first three stanzas depict the growing love between the two fish, while the last two stanzas show why their love falls apart.

• The first two stanzas explore why the female fish loves the male fish, and the last three stanzas show why she moves on.

• The first two stanzas show the male fish falling for the female fish, and the last three stanzas show why his feelings for her change.

• The first three stanzas show the male fish falling for the female fish, and the last two stanzas reveal his unanswered feelings.

Where in "(love song, with two goldfish)" does the shift occur?

• Between stanzas three and four

• Between stanzas four and five

• Between lines 17 and 18

• Between lines 20 and 21

• Between stanzas one and two

What type of literary device is used for "He wishes she would sing, not much, just the scales?"

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Pun

• None

Which literary device is used in the line 'The moon danced on the water'?

• A) Personification

• B) Metaphor

• C) Simile

• D) Hyperbole

What is the rhyme scheme of a Shakespearean sonnet?

• A) ABAB CDCD EFEF GG

• B) AABB CCDD EEFF GG

• C) ABBA CDDC EFFE GG

• D) ABCD EFGH IJKL MN