Dog / The Eagle / Chimpanzee / Rat - Comprehension Questions

What genre is this section/text ?

• Expository text

• Fantasy

• Poetry

• Drama

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

When poems are divided into parts, each one is called a _____________.

• section

• scene

• chapter

• stanza

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CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

In “Dog” what is the dog being compared to?

• an eagle

• a boomerang

• a jump rope

• a cat

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

In “The Eagle” the author uses the term “crooked hands” when he means ________________.

• talons or claws

• beak

• feathers

• eyes

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

“And like a thunderbolt, he falls” is an example of ________________.

• alliteration

• personification

• a simile

• an idiom

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

In “Chimpanzee” we know the speaker is the chimp because ___________.

• the poem rhymes

• The pronoun used is “he”

• the chimp eats a snack

• The pronoun used is “I”

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

The chimpanzee used a stick to eat _________________.,

• bridges

• termites

• leaves

• potato chips

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CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

“Rat” is an example of _____________.

A. B.

C. D.

• a limerick

• an acrostic

• a haiku

• a sonnet

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

Which poem was your favorite and why?

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.5

Some poems ________________, but some do not.

• rhyme

• real

• record

• ruler

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5