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What is the main idea of the poem 'A Barred Owl'?
What is the main idea of the poem 'A Barred Owl'?
- A child is comforted that owls can be kept as pets.
- Parents comfort a child awakened by an owl by using reassuring words. (correct)
- An owl flies into a child's room, frightening her and preventing her from sleeping.
- A child's imagination makes her think an owl is talking to her, wanting to devour her.
In the poem 'A Barred Owl', what mood is created by the language in the first and last two lines?
In the poem 'A Barred Owl', what mood is created by the language in the first and last two lines?
- Worry
- Determination
- Peace
- Fear (correct)
What is the effect of the rhyme scheme on the tone of 'A Barred Owl'?
What is the effect of the rhyme scheme on the tone of 'A Barred Owl'?
- It gives the poem a feeling of excitement and joy.
- It gives the poem a feeling of progression and closure. (correct)
- It gives the poem a feeling of confusion and chaos.
- It gives the poem a feeling of sorrow and loneliness.
Why are the parents' words and actions in lines 3-6 of 'A Barred Owl' included?
Why are the parents' words and actions in lines 3-6 of 'A Barred Owl' included?
The setting of 'this place' in stanza 2 of "Where the Sidewalk Ends" is most likely a joyful city full of adults and rules.
The setting of 'this place' in stanza 2 of "Where the Sidewalk Ends" is most likely a joyful city full of adults and rules.
How does the alliteration in line 9 of 'Where the Sidewalk Ends' contribute to the description of "this place"?
How does the alliteration in line 9 of 'Where the Sidewalk Ends' contribute to the description of "this place"?
In 'Where the Sidewalk Ends', what does the metaphor of 'peppermint wind' in line 6 suggest?
In 'Where the Sidewalk Ends', what does the metaphor of 'peppermint wind' in line 6 suggest?
Which detail from 'Where the Sidewalk Ends' best supports the answer that 'peppermint wind' suggests something energizing and refreshing?
Which detail from 'Where the Sidewalk Ends' best supports the answer that 'peppermint wind' suggests something energizing and refreshing?
The speaker suggests that the 'place where the sidewalk ends' is a place where children can ______ and play.
The speaker suggests that the 'place where the sidewalk ends' is a place where children can ______ and play.
Which statement best describes the main idea expressed in 'Where the Sidewalk Ends'?
Which statement best describes the main idea expressed in 'Where the Sidewalk Ends'?
Flashcards
Main idea of "A Barred Owl"
Main idea of "A Barred Owl"
Words can either comfort or provoke fear.
Definition of "domesticate" in poem
Definition of "domesticate" in poem
To make something ordinary and less frightening.
Importance of line 7 in sidewalk ends
Importance of line 7 in sidewalk ends
The current place is unwelcoming and dirty.
Main Idea: "Where the Sidewalk Ends"
Main Idea: "Where the Sidewalk Ends"
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"Peppermint wind" Suggests
"Peppermint wind" Suggests
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Study Notes
"A Barred Owl" by Richard Wilbur
- The poem narrates an owl's hoot that awakens a child
- Parents reassure their child that it was only a forest bird asking, "Who cooks for you?"
- Words can clarify terrors or domesticate fear
- The poem concludes with the image of something small caught and eaten by the owl.
- The main idea revolves around a child awakened by an owl and the parents' comforting words.
- The first and last lines evoke a mood of fear.
- The poem's rhyme scheme creates a feeling of progression and closure.
- The parents use lighthearted words to reduce her fear
- The parents' words and actions aim to describe the owl playfully to alleviate the child's fear.
- The poet might introduce the theme of words in the second stanza.
- Words have the power to either comfort or provoke fear
- Two examples supporting this theme are comforting the child by calling the owl a forest bird and how words domesticate fear.
- Definition 3 of "domesticate" best fits the poem's use: to make more ordinary, familiar, acceptable, or the like
“Where the Sidewalk Ends” by Shel Silverstein
- This poem speaks of a place where the sidewalk ends and the street has yet to begin
- Where the grass is soft and white where the sun is crimson and the wind is peppermint
- It encourages leaving a place of black smoke and winding streets behind
- Walk past the pits where asphalt flowers grow, chalk arrows lead to "where the sidewalk ends."
- The repetition emphasizes this destination as an escape for children, they know this place.
- "This place" is suggested to be a smog-filled city full of adults and rules
- The alliteration in "Past the pits" brings to mind an industrial place.
- The metaphor "peppermint wind" suggests a refreshing presence.
- The detail "to cool" supports the refreshing nature.
- "The place where the sidewalk ends" a place where children is free to imagine and play
- Line 7 helps the reader realize that the current place is dirty and unwelcoming
- Children are capable of escaping to an imaginary place where the sidewalk ends.
- Definition 3 of "measured" fits best, meaning deliberate and restrained.
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