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Poetry

Poetry

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English

5th Grade

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RL.5.4, RL.6.4, RL.4.4

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The Wind Came Down

By Ivy O. Eastwick


The Wind came running

over the sand,

it caught and held me

by the hand


It curled and whirled

and danced with me

down to the edge

of the dashing sea.


We danced together,

the Wind and I,

to the cry of a gull

and a wild sea cry.


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The Wind Came Down

By Ivy O. Eastwick


The Wind came running

over the sand,

it caught and held me

by the hand


It curled and whirled

and danced with me

down to the edge

of the dashing sea.


We danced together,

the Wind and I,

to the cry of a gull

and a wild sea cry.


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Multiple Choice

1. What is the rhyming pattern of this poem?

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a. ABBA

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b. ABAB

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c. ABCC

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d. ABCB

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2. Why does the author use rhyme in lines 2 and 4?

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a. To show what the wind looks like running

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b. To give the reader the image of sand in your hand

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c. To give the reader the feeling of the wind blowing

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d. To show the wind catching you by the hand

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Multiple Choice

3. Why does the author use imagery in stanza 2?

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a.To make the reader understand what it feels like to dance with the wind

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b. To give the reader the picture of waves crashing into shore

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c. To give the reader the image that the wind is alive and can dance and whirl around with you

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d. The wind cannot do any of this

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4. Which line from the poem supports the idea that the person loves walking in the sand with the wind blowing?

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a. It curled and whirled

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b. To the cry of a gull

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c. We danced together

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d. The wind came running

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Multiple Choice

5. Which line from the poem best helps the reader understand the meaning of dashing?

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The Wind came Running

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to the cry of the gull

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down to the edge

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it curled and whirled

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Multiple Choice

6. By the end of the poem, the speaker most likely because -

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At a shopping mall

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at a lake in the mountains

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at a beach somewhere by the ocean

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in the middle of a city

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