Song of Wandering Aengus

Where does the narrator go in the beginning of the poem?

• the sun

• a hazel wood

• the moon

• the bottom of a stream

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

What did the trout that the narrator caught turn into?

• a glimmering girl

• two trouts

• apple blossoms

• moth-like stars

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

What has the narrator been searching for this whole time?

• Nutella

• his stolen trout

• the glimmering girl

• silver and gold apples

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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 kind of figurative language is in this quote?

"...moth-like stars were flickering out..."

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• simile

• idiom

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

What does the speaker use as bait when fishing?

• worm

• moth

• berry

• thread

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

What kind of writing is "The Song of Wandering Aengus"?

• poem

• short story

• novel

• informational text

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

What is the central idea of the poem?

• The speaker wants to find berries to use for bait.

• A girl calls the speaker's name and runs from him.

• The speaker wants to stay young, but gets old.

• A fish becomes a girl and the speaker searches for her endlessly.

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

Did you understand the poem?

• Yes

• No

• Some of it

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5