Grade 8D

Student’s Name Arman Zhubat

Teacher’s Name Ms. Zhadyra

Mock Reading

Fire and Ice

By Robert Frost

Some say the world will end in fire,

Some say in ice.

From what I've tasted of desire

I hold with those who favour fire.

But if it had to perish twice,

I think I know enough of hate
To say that for destruction ice
Is also great
And would suffice.

* to perish - to die
* suffice - to be enough

1. Identify the speaker and the situation. Explain your answer with evidence from the text.
The author tells how people think how the world will end. (“Some say the world will end in fire, some
say in ice”)

2. What is the tone of the speaker? Explain your answer with evidence from the text.
I think the tone of the speaker is exciting, because the author thinks on both sides. (“I hold…”,”but if..”)

3. What is the mood of the poem? Explain your answer with evidence from the text.
I think the mood of the poem is strange, because nobody knows how the world will end.

4. Identify obvious poetic elements (figurative devices).

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