Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Today, you were given the poem "Cockpit in the Clouds" to actively read and analyze. When finished, you were provided with questions to answer using process of elimination. Be sure to define terms in the spots provided as part of explaining why you didn't choose them as answers. This is due for tomorrow. I have pasted the poem and questions below.

Cockpit in the Clouds

Two thousand feet beneath our wheels
The city sprawls across the land
Like heaps of children's blocks outflung,
In tantrums, by a giant hand.
To east a silver spire soars
And seeks to pierce our lower wing.
Above its grasp we drift along,
A tiny, droning, shiny thing.

The noon crowds pack the narrow streets.
The el trains[1] move so slow, so slow.
Amidst their traffic, chaos, life,
The city's busy millions go.
Up here, aloof, we watch them crawl.
In crystal air we seem to poise
Behind our motor's throaty roar-
Down there, we're just another noise.

Dick Dorrance
[1] El trains – trains that are elevated or raised above the ground


VI. Read the poem "Cockpit in the Clouds" and answer questions 35 to 37.

32. “Up here, aloof, we watch them crawl” is mainly an example of

A. simile
B. metaphor
C. alliteration
D. personification

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33. “The city sprawls across the land” (line 2) is mainly an example of

A. simile
B. metaphor
C. alliteration
D. personification

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34. The title “Cockpit in the Clouds” is an example of which of the following?

A. metaphor and synecdoche
B. alliteration and synecdoche
C. repetition and metaphor
D. metaphor and alliteration

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35. The word "tiny" (line 8) is used to describe the size of the

A. wing
B. plane
C. crowds
D. buildings

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(62.2 % provincially correct: Recognize an object referred to by the use of a particular word in a poem)


36. The use of italics for the last line of the poem reinforces the

A. noise of the plane's engines
B. difference in speed of travel
C. speaker's feeling of insignificance
D. distance between the city and the plane
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(63% provincially correct: Recognize the effect intended by the use of italics in a poem.

37. The point of view expressed in this poem would most likely be that of a

A. pilot
B. motorist
C. pedestrian
D. flight attendant

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(80.8% provincially correct: Draw a conclusion about the point of view expressed in a poem