Walt Whitman Poetry
Authored by Kevin Hassard
English
10th - 12th Grade
CCSS covered
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1.
FILL IN THE BLANKS QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Whitman’s famous book of poetry that he revised many times over his lifetime is called
(a)
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2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Define 'free verse'
Poetry with no regular patterns of rhyme or meter
Poetry with regular patterns of rhyme or meter
Poetry written with a precise meter that does not rhyme.
Poetry with three-line stanzas with a 5/7/5 syllable count
Poetry that normally tells a story about a hero or an adventure
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CCSS.RL.11-12.11
CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RL.8.10
3.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
Whitman, in addition to free verse, used three other techniques frequently in his writing. Check three of them.
Cataloging
Poeticizing
Repetition
Parallelism
Whitmanizing
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4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The speaker celebrates the differences of Americans in “I Hear America Singing” by describing:
types of workers
cultural traditions
positions in society
work tools
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CCSS.RL.9-10.10
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5.
FILL IN THE BLANKS QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
In "I Hear America Singing' lines 2-8, Whitman lists several jobs. What poetic device is he using?
(a)
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CCSS.RL.9-10.9
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CCSS.RL.8.4
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6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Describe the tone of “I Hear America Singing.”
Despondent
Celebratory
Perplexed
Dismissing
Nervous
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CCSS.RL.9-10.9
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7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
In “A Noiseless Patient Spider,” the speaker is similar to the spider because he or she:
stands on the promontory
wants to spin a web
is looking for a connection
is launching a filament
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CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
CCSS.RL.11-12.11
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.10
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