Ch.+8+Pre-test

Prior to reading the chapter, copy the questions from below, paste them into a word document, complete each section as best you can, and save them to reflect on after reading the chapter. Please send all post-chapter reflections to me upon completion of the chapter.

After reading the following poem, respond to the questions below.

//It is portentous, and a thing of state That here at midnight, in our little town A mourning figure walks, and will not rest, Or by his homestead, or in shadowed yards He lingers where his children used to play Or through the market, on the well-worn stones He stalks until the dawn-stars burn away.

A bronzed, lank man! His suit of ancient black, A famous high top-hat and plain worn shawl Make hime the quaint great figure that men love, The prairie-lawyer, master of us all.

He cannot sleep upon his hillside now. He is among us:- as in times before! And we who toss and lie awake for long Breathe deep, and start, to see him pass the door.//

"Abraham Lincoln Walks at Midnight," Vachel Lindsay

1.) Find two examples of r-controlled syllables. For each example, write the whole word and underline the syllable that is r-controlled.

2.) Find two examples of graphemes with two or more letters in them. For each example, write the whole word and underline the grapheme with two or more letters.

3.) FInd one example of a closed syllable that ends in a consonant blend. Write the whole word, and underline the closed syllable with the ending blend.

4.) Find two examples of words with the vowel team syllables. For each example write the word and underline the vowel team.

5.) What is the suffix in portentous? What part of speech is this word? If -ous was removed, what would be the base word? What do you think it means?

6.) Do you see any other Latin-based words in this poem? How can you conclude the word(s) you choose are Latin-based?