the earth is a living thing / Sleeping in the Forest / Gold

the earth is a living thing / Sleeping in the Forest / Gold

7th - 8th Grade

20 Qs

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the earth is a living thing / Sleeping in the Forest / Gold

the earth is a living thing / Sleeping in the Forest / Gold

Assessment

Quiz

English

7th - 8th Grade

Medium

CCSS
RL.8.10, RL.8.5, RL.5.5

+12

Standards-aligned

Created by

E Griffith

Used 151+ times

FREE Resource

20 questions

Show all answers

1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What does a lyric poem express?

personal thoughts and feelings

facts and information

people's exact words

rules to follow

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following uses words in imaginative ways?

literal language

inferences

figurative language

dictionary definitions

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Lines 12 and 13 from “the earth is a living thing” are an example of

a simile

rhyme scheme

a metaphor

personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Line 4 from “the earth is a living thing” is an example of

a simile

rhyme scheme

a metaphor

personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In “the earth is a living thing,” the poet compares the earth to a bear. You can make the inference that the earth

can be fierce

is playful

sleeps in winter

is an animal

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

By reading lines 7–8 in “Sleeping in the Forest,” you can infer that the poet is

amused by stars

afraid of the dark

soothed by nature

scared of fires

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Lines 19 and 20 in “Gold” contain an example of

personification

a simile

rhyme scheme

a metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

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