Monday's Cold Read Passage/Warm-Up

"If"   by Rudyard Kipling

Read the poem If by Rudyard Kipling and use it to answer the questions below.

If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you; If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, But make allowance for their doubting too: If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,                            1 Or, being lied about, don't deal in lies, Or being hated don't give way to hating, And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise; If you can dream - and not make dreams your master; If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim, If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster                              2 And treat those two impostors just the same:. If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools, Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,                   3 And stoop and build'em up with worn-out tools; If you can make one heap of all your winnings And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss, And lose, and start again at your beginnings, And never breathe a word about your loss: If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew                      4 To serve your turn long after they are gone, And so hold on when there is nothing in you Except the Will which says to them: "Hold on!" If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue, Or walk with Kings - nor lose the common touch, If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you, If all men count with you, but none too much:                          5 If you can fill the unforgiving minute With sixty seconds' worth of distance run, Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it, And - which is more - you'll be a Man, my son! ads related to If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you; If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, But make allowance for their doubting too: If you can wait

1) According to stanza # 5 , what are synonyms of the word foes -

rivals	classmates
allies	opponents
best friends	adversaries

2) Which word from the poem contains a prefix -

being	don't
unforgiving	you’ve
you’ll	blaming

3) Which is an example (s) of an exclamatory sentence -

            a. But make allowances for their doubting too

            b. Hold on

            c. Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools

            d. And never breathe a word about your loss

            e. And which is more - you’ll be a Man my son

4) What point of view is the poem written from-

a.     third-person limited

b.     third-person omniscient

c.     first-person limited

d.     second person

5) What is the theme of the poem?

Focus on what’s important	Your attitude makes a difference	Keep your eyes on your goal
If you memorize all the If’s mentioned you will be fine	Self-control signals weakness	Maturity takes time

6) Which words modify/describe the narrator’s attitude?

motivating	encouraging	depressing	off-putting
demoralizing	disappointing	hopeful	gloomy