A Dream within a dream
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Arts, English
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7th - 10th Grade
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Practice Problem
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Easy
Maram Channel
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This quiz thoroughly examines Edgar Allan Poe's poem "A Dream Within a Dream," focusing on literary analysis skills appropriate for middle to high school students in grades 7-10. The assessment evaluates students' understanding of fundamental poetic elements including figurative language (metaphor, simile, personification, repetition), symbolism, theme identification, and vocabulary comprehension. Students must demonstrate their ability to interpret symbolic meaning, particularly how the grains of sand represent the passage of time and life's fleeting nature, while also identifying the poem's central theme about the nature of reality and existence. The questions require students to analyze specific literary devices, understand the emotional tone and speaker's feelings, and make inferences about deeper meanings within the text, all essential skills for developing literary comprehension and critical thinking abilities. Created by Maram Channel, an Arts teacher in Jordan who teaches grades 7 and 10. This comprehensive assessment serves multiple instructional purposes, functioning effectively as a summative assessment following a poetry unit, homework assignment to reinforce classroom discussions, or review material before testing. The quiz supports formative assessment by allowing teachers to gauge student comprehension of literary analysis concepts and identify areas needing additional instruction. Teachers can use this resource for warm-up activities to activate prior knowledge, independent practice to strengthen analytical skills, or small group work to encourage peer discussion about literary interpretation. The assessment aligns with Common Core standards CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.7.4 and CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.8.4 for determining meaning of words and phrases as used in text, including figurative meanings, and CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.7.2 and CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.8.2 for determining theme and analyzing its development throughout the text.
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
1.Who is the poet of A dream within a dream?
Maram Hamadeh
Edgar Allan Poe
Langston Hughes
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
2.How many stanzas do we have in the poem?
One
Two
Three
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
3." Yet if hope has flown away" this an example of:
Metaphor
Simile.
repetition
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Personification means:
To be a good person
To give the characteristics of living things to non living things.
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
5." Grains of the golden sand", the grains of sand symbolize:
Life and time which pass quickly.
the beach and the shore.
His beloved one.
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
6.An example of repetition in the poem:
But a dream within a dream
But a dream within a dream....
Is it therefore the less gone?
All that we see or seem...
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
7." How few! yet how they creep..
Through my fingers to the deep....
The sand keeps slipping through the speaker's fingers , the same as time passes quickly.
The sand is wet that's why it keeps slipping from his hand.
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