PoetryMasteryQuiz

in the first stanza, the speaker personifies the sun as

• tribe from Illinois

• three red planets

• girl who is hunting

• the beginning of the day

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

with each stanza in this poem, the poet develops

• one idea in a single sentence

• an unusual appearance on the page

• several images in four sentences

• a list of unrelated ideas in five lines

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

which is the best paraphrase of lines 5-8

• the sun's strong rays set the plain on fire during midmorning

• by midmorning, the fiery sun is so hot that it burns away the rain clouds

• the sun at noon is so red that it looks like a fire in the sky

• the midmorning sun is drying up the bushes on the plain

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CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

in lines 9-12 the speaker uses an extended metaphor to compare the sun to

• a wounded deer

• pale grass

• the noon

• sky

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

in lines 13-16, the eagle building his nest is a metaphor for the

• western sky

• setting sun

• wild deer

• prairie hunters

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

which line from the poem contains an example of assonance(the repetition of the sound of a vowel)

• he sun is a huntress young

• the sun is a smoldering fire

• and leaves not a bush of cloud

• the sun is an eagle old

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

which line from the poem contains an example of alliteration?

• The sun is an Indian girl

• there in the windless west

• atop of the spirit-cliffs

• The sun is an eagle old

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

the speaker gives the sunflowers human qualities in order to

• create a humorous image

• emphasize human weaknesses

• express a connection with nature

• make the poem more lyrical

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

The speaker asks readers to

• go along on a visit to the sunflowers

• learn about different parts of a sunflower

• be strong like sunflowers in the field

• celebrate life, like each seed of a sunflower

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.10

in the lines 1-7, the speaker uses a simile to compare the sound of the sunflower stalks to the

• shape of the human face

• sight of burnished disks

• noise made by ship masts

• smell of green leaves

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10