"Autumn Fires" by Robert Louis Stevenson and Activities

���� In the other gardens � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � And all up the vale,������������������������� ��� Vale is a synonym for valley. � ��������������������������������� ���������������������������������� ����������������� From the autumn bonfires�������������������������������bonfires:��large�fire�built�outdoors for ���������������������������������������������������������� signaling or for a celebration See the smoke trail!�������������������������������������������� Pleasant summer over And all the summer flowers, The red fire blazes, The gray smoke towers.����� ��������������������������������� Sing a song of seasons!���������������������� (Alliteration: the "s" is repeated.) Something bright in all! Flowers in the summer,���� � � � � � � � �� (Contrasting summer and fall) Fires in the fall! � Courtesy of http://www.apples4theteacher.com/ holidays/fall/kids-poems-rhymes/autumn-fires.html �

1. What type of a summer was it? hotrainypleasant
   
2. What is a vale? a synonym for firea synonym for valleya synonym for vacant
3. What is a bonfire?This happens when your house burns.A large fire outside for celebrating or signalingA grease fire in a trashcan
4. Which words are used in the poem to help you �see� the autumn scene? gray, blazes, bright, seeseasons, pleasantin, the, of
5. Which line is an example of alliteration, two or more words beginning with the same consonant? gray smokeSomething brightSing a song of seasons
6. What is being contrasted in the last two lines? fire and a valesummer and fallfires in the fall

� BONFIRE SMOKE AUTUMN FALL PLEASANT SUMMER VALE VALLEY HAPPY THANKSGIVING �