ELA Regents August 2018- Passage B

**Passage B**

The description of the pears in lines 1 through 11 helps to illustrate the

• (1) balance between stability and change

• (2) difficulty of recognizing imperfection

• (3) difference between perception and reality

• (4) importance of overcoming obstacles

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.7

CCSS.RI.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

The word “sating” as used in line 31 is closest in meaning to

• (1) indulging

• (2) blinding

• (3) sunning

• (4) endangering

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The narrator’s conflict in lines 36 through 42 is resolved through

• (1) understanding the nature of humans

• (2) posing philosophical arguments

• (3) accepting the cycle of the seasons

• (4) questioning religious beliefs

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

The narrator in the poem can best be described as

• (1) hopeful and excited

• (2) dejected and alienated

• (3) impulsive and carefree

• (4) reflective and resigned

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9