Microsoft Word lp the Railway Train doc

Reading Comprehension Questions

1. 
   Who is the narrator?
   
   1. 
      A passenger on the train.
      
   2. 
      The conductor of the train.
      
   3. 
      Someone who sees the train going by.
      
   4. 
      The inventor of the train.
      
2. 
   What type of figure is acting the verbs “lap,” “lick,” “feed,” and “step” in the first stanza?
   
   1. 
      dog
      
   2. 
      human
      
   3. 
      road
      
   4. 
      horse
      
3. 
   What is an example of slant rhyme or a pair of words that nearly rhyme?
   
   1. 
      and/and
      
   2. 
      lick/up
      
   3. 
      star/door
      
   4. 
      horrid/hooting
      
4. 
   Which of the following is an example of hyperbole:
   
   1. 
      “I like to see it lap the miles”
      
   2. 
      “step // Around a pile of mountains”
      
   3. 
      “chase itself down a hill”
      
   4. 
      “punctual as a star”
      
5. 
   What part of speech is the word “step”?
   
   1. 
      verb
      
   2. 
      adjective
      
   3. 
      noun
      
   4. 
      adverb
      
6. 
   What type of poetic device is NOT used in the poem:
   
   1. 
      metaphor
      
   2. 
      simile
      
   3. 
      meter
      
   4. 
      onomatopoeia
      
7. 
   What does the phrase “peer // In shanties by the sides of roads” show us?
   
   1. 
      This is a passenger train.
      
   2. 
      The train is passing through a small town.
      
   3. 
      The train has gone off track.
      
   4. 
      The train is built over a highway.
      
8. 
   The vehicle is named as a train in the body of the poem
   
   1. 
      TRUE
      
   2. 
      FALSE
      
9. 
   The line “Complaining all the while” is meant to describe:
   
   1. 
      how tired the horse is
      
   2. 
      how anxious the train passengers are to get to their destination
      
   3. 
      how loud the train is
      
   4. 
      how long the speaker has been traveling
      
10. 
    “Punctual as a star” is which type of literary device:
    
    1. 
       metaphor
       
    2. 
       personification
       
    3. 
       consonance
       
    4. 
       simile