Vocabulary Practice 2 There Will Come Soft Rains

"There will come soft rains and the smell of the ground,

And swallows circling with their shimmering sound;"

Which definition best matches the way swallows is used in the stanza?

• cause or allow (something, especially food or drink) to pass down the throat.

• perform the muscular movement of the esophagus, especially through fear or nervousness.

• put up with or meekly accept (something insulting or unwelcome).

• a migratory swift-flying songbird with a forked tail and long pointed wings, feeding on insects in flight.

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.5

"And frogs in the pools singing at night,

And wild-plum trees in tremulous white;"

Which of the following is a synonym for tremulous?

• shaking

• frozen

• steady

• motionless

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

"Robins will wear their feathery fire,

Whistling their whims on a low fence-wire;"

The word whims most nearly means --

• dispair

• divergent

• impulse

• misconception

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

"Not one would mind, neither bird nor tree,

If mankind perished utterly;"

An antonym for the word perished would be --

• decease

• death

• pass

• survive

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

"Not one would mind, neither bird nor tree,

If mankind perished utterly;"

If mankind perishes utterly, they are --

• almost extinct

• extinct

• absolutely alive

• thriving

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.9