Who wrote 'Blackberry Picking'?

• William Shakespeare

• Seamus Heaney

• Carol Ann Duffy

• Christina Rossetti

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Which group represents humans' attitude to nature in this poem?

• The soldiers

• The family

• The blackberries

• The children

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Which of these is NOT an adjective to describe the children's attitude to nature?

• Greedy

• Respectful

• Aggressive

• Disappointed

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Which TWO these are NOT adjectives to describe nature (represented by the blackberries) in this poem?

• Beyond human control

• Controllable

• Fluid

• Fixed

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Which word completes this quotation from the poem: "A _____ purple clot".

• Shiny

• Sparkling

• Glossy

• Dull

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Which word is missing from this quotation: "its _____ was sweet like thickened wine."

• Skin

• Juice

• Flesh

• Insides

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Which word is missing from this quotation: "Our palms were sticky like ______"

• Bluebead's

• Macbeth's

• Killers

• Glue

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Which word is missing from this quotation: "We ______ the fresh berries".

• Kept

• Treasured

• Protected

• Hoarded

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Which word is missing from this quotation: "I always felt like ______. It wasn't fair".

• Shouting

• Screaming

• Crying

• Complaining

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What technique is being used in this example: Hard as a knot.

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Alliteration

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3