Assessment-On the Grasshopper and Cricket

According to the poet, the earth is filled with

• death and destruction.
• wild creatures.
• sorrow.
• poetry.

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

What two seasons does the poet describe?

• fall and winter
• spring and fall
• summer and winter
• spring and summer

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

When it gets very hot, the

• grasshopper starts to chirp
• birds start singing
• birds stop singing
• cricket begins to chirp

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CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

What do the grasshopper and the cricket represent to Keats?

• They are the poets of summer and winter, respectively.
• They are means of destruction.
• They are saving and spending.
• They are optimism and pessimism.

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

In this poem, Keats

• explains why he prefers spring to fall.
• describes two unpleasant creatures.
• comments on life, nature, and death.
• cautions people to put away their money for a cold winter night.

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

"On the Grasshopper and the Cricket" is 

• an elegy.
• a ballad
• an ode.
• a sonnet.

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

The Italian sonnet is characterized by 

• fourteen lines, split into two sections (8 lines and 6 lines)
• elevated language celebrating a person or thing.
• many figures of speech.
• a free expression of ideas, without a set rhythm or rhyme scheme.

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

How many lines are in an octave

• 2
• 4
• 6
• 8

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

How many lines are in a sestet?

• 2
• 4
• 6
• 8

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

The final six lines

• describe the poem's main idea.
• express the poem's tone.
• ask a question about the first eight lines.
• comment on the poem's main idea.

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4