TCAP Poem Review

TCAP Poem Review

Multiple Choice

Part A - What conclusion can you make about why the poet didn’t call the poem, “Butterflies”?

• She wanted to confuse the reader.

• She wanted to write the poem first, and then figure out its meaning.

• She wanted the reader to discover what the poem was about.

• She wanted the reader to discover what the poem was about.

Multiple Choice

What does the answer to Part A tell us about the poet?

• She likes to fool people.

• She needs to learn more about poetry.

• She likes to challenge people.

• She needs to learn how to shorten her titles.

Multiple Select

Which lines rhyme? Put an “X” next to the TWO rhyming lines.

• I begin life in an egg,

• Little, soft and round.

• In just a short time,

• A worm can be found.

Multiple Choice

In stanza 1, the “worm” should really be called

• an egg

• a caterpillar

• a butterfly

• a shell

Multiple Choice

What is happening in stanza 2?

• The butterflies are rising into the air.

• A cocoon is being formed.

• The worm is coming out of the egg.

• The butterfly is coming out of the cocoon.

Multiple Choice

“I blend in with the colors,” What does “blend” mean?

• to mix with something else and become hidden

• to change into something bigger and better

• to turn a darker shade of color

• to like different kinds of colors

Multiple Choice

Which line from stanza 3 has repetition?

• Finally, I break out,

• Of my little cocoon.

• I'll be flying in the air,

• Very, very soon.

Multiple Choice

Part A - “Life is a process,” What is a “process”?

• a new beginning for something in nature

• a new idea

• a step by step method where something is changing

• a final choice

Multiple Choice

Part B - Life is a process,

There’s always something new.

Use the answer to Part A to help you figure out the theme.

• Life is odd.

• Life is always changing like a butterfly.

• Life never stays the same and is confusing.

• Life is hard work.

Multiple Choice

What conclusion can you make about the way the poet views life?

• as boring

• as exciting

• as difficult

• as sad

Multiple Choice

How do you suppose the butterflies feel at the end of the poem?

• sad to leave their cocoons

• angry to share the sky

• free to explore the world

• scared to meet each other