'Twas the Night Before Christmas by Clement C. Moore Part II

Who is the narrator of this poem?

• the mother

• the father

• a child

• St. Nicholas

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

This poem has a:

(a)  

• 1st person narrator
• 2nd person narrator
• 3rd person narrator

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CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

What is this poem mostly about?

• a dream on Christmas Eve

• a child's visit to Santa Claus

• Santa's visit to a home

• the gifts Santa brought to a family

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

In Stanza 9, the author uses similes to compare Santa to: (Select 3)

• jelly

• snow

• roses

• cookies

• pipe

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.5

In Stanza 10 Santa is reassuring: "A wink of his eye and a twist of his head soon gave me to know I had nothing to dread." Dread means:

(a)  

• fear
• loud noise
• dirty
• shine

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.8.4

What caused Santa's clothes to become tarnished in Stanza 8?

• the snowy rooftop

• the smoke from his pipe

• the soot from the fireplace

• the milk and cookies left for him

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

Stanza 11: "He spoke not a word but went straight to his work, and filled all the stockings, then turned with a jerk" How many verbs are in this line?

(a)  

• 4
• 3
• 2
• 1

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

"Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good night!" The words happy and good are:

(a)  

• adjectives
• adverbs
• prepositions
• verbs

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Stanza 8: "He was dressed all in fur, from his head to his foot." What type of figurative language is used in this line?

(a)  

• alliteration
• personification
• simile
• metaphor

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CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

Which excerpt contains text evidence showing that the poem belongs in the fantasy genre?

• the children dreaming of candies

• the moon shining brightly

• the father being woken up by a loud noise

• St. Nicholas flying up the chimney