Grade 6 Revision-Poem

Read the following passage from a poem. Then, answer the question(s).

Those long sleepless nights

Or awakening from dream

I peer over my blankets in fear

at the menacing midnight world.

5 A little imagination can be a dangerous thing.

The hanging bathrobe

the lamp on the nightstand

the sound of footsteps below

send me deep into my blanket hideaway.

10 The shadows.

All the shadows

Which group of lines makes up a stanza in this poem?

• a.lines 1–5

• b.lines 1–11

• c.lines 5–10

• d. lines 6–11

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

The writer chose to write about this experience in poetry rather than prose. Which is the clearest effect of this decision?

• a.The scene described takes place in a short period of time.

• b.Details, such as the furniture, are described at great

  length.

• c.Line breaks emphasize phrases such as “the shadows.”

• d.The scene is described logically rather than emotionally.

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

Read the following passage from a poem. Then, answer the question(s).

Deep in the woods by an ice-covered stream,

We walk and we talk like folks in a dream.

Crunching through snow by the water’s edge,

We hear the sad hissing of wind in the sedge.

Which answer includes an example or examples of onomatopoeia in the poem?

• a-ice-covered

• b- crunching, hissing

• c.water’s edge

• d.edge, sedge

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.4

The word distraught means “deeply worried.” Which of the following answer choices shows, in order, a synonym and an antonym for the word distraught?

• a.troubled / bothered

• b. happy / agitated

• c.crazed / concerned

• d.upset / calm

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

Given the meaning of the Old English suffix -ness, what can you conclude is the meaning of aggressiveness?

• a.without aggression

• b.uncovered aggressively

• c. quality of being aggressive

• d.one who receives aggression

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A