'Twas the Night Before Christmas

'Twas the Night Before Christmas

by Lacy Price

Poll

Who do you think does the most work for Santa?

• Reindeer

• Mrs. Claus

• Elves

• Santa himself!

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Multiple Choice

What is this poem mostly about?

• a dream on Christmas Eve

• a child's visit to Santa

• Santa's visit to a home

• the gifts Santa brought to a family

Multiple Choice

True/False: A narrative poem is like a short story because it includes a setting, characters, and plot.

• true

• false

Open Ended

What is the setting of this narrative poem?

Multiple Choice

Which lines from the poem tell the reader that it was not completely dark outside even though it was nighttime?

• When what to my wondering eyes did appear, But a miniature sleigh and eight tiny reindeer

• The moon on the crest of the new fallen snow, gave a luster of midday to objects below

• So up to the housetop the courses they flew with the sleigh full of toys and, St. Nicholas too.

Multiple Choice

The poet compares Santa' stomach to...

• cherries

• dimples

• roses

• jelly

Open Ended

Who are the characters in this narrative poem?

Multiple Choice

Who is the narrator of the story?

• child

• Santa

• mother

• father

Multiple Choice

True/False: Narrative poems are different from short stories because they are divided into stanzas instead of paragraphs.

• true

• false

Multiple Choice

Which of the following could be the conflict/problem of the poem?

• Santa did not leave any presents.

• Santa got stuck in the chimney.

• The narrator hears loud noises and is trying to figure out what it is.

Multiple Choice

The poem is told in first person because...

• the narrator is inside the story

• the narrator knows everything inside the story

• the narrator is outside the story

• there is no narrator

Open Ended

How does a reader know this a narrative poem?

Draw

Draw your face if you saw Santa like the narrator did in the poem.