7th STAAR Poetry review

When you read the poem(s) on STAAR, you should...

• read it two times and go straight to the questions

• read it 2 times, and use your scratch paper to do WWAM (what, weird, author's attitude message)

• read it once an don't look up any unknown words

• read it one time, and simply underline all figurative language

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CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

When you see a poem on STAAR, you should think of WWAM.

What does WWAM stand for?

• What, Weird, Author's Attitude, Message

• Write, What, Alliteration, Mood

• Weird, Writer, Attitude, Movement

The S in SHRIMP stands for--

• Society

• Simile

• Somebody

• Style

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CCSS.RI.6.4

If you don't know the meaning of a word in a poem OR an answer choice, you should...

• guess its meaning

• look it up in the dictionary

• attempt to define it on your own

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CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.6.4D

CCSS.RL.6.4

The long hike up to the mountains was grueling.

Using your context clues, which is a synonym for grueling?

• loud

• easy

• tiring

• short

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CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.RL.6.4

Inferring means:

• An extreme exageration.

• Taking what you know and what you have read to come up with a conclusion.

• Having a picture in your mind of what you are reading.

• Coming up with a conclusion based only on your opinion.

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

Read the lines from a poem:

The poplar is a lonely tree. It has no branches spreading wide

Where birds may sing or squirrels hide. It throws no shadows on the grass Tempting the wayfarers who pass To stop and sit there quietly.

Line 1 is important to the poem because it helps--

• introduce a familiar setting

• describe the speaker

• create imagery

• establish the mood

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CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.5

The poplar sees each neighbor tree

Loved by the birds. The oriole

Swings from the elm its home; the bole

Of that rough oak, above, around,

Hears the woodpecker’s rapid sound

As on he works industriously.

In this stanza, the poplar is described mainly as —

• cautious

• envious

• curious

• arrogant

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CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

Which is an example of hyperbole?

• It took me one hour to get to work today.

• Let's all get together after school to hang out and watch a movie!

• The rain is the worst thing that could have possibly happened to me today.

• I feel as tired as a sloth.

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CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

What is the primary purpose of imagery in poem?

• to give the author's purpose for writing

• to provide details to help the reader visualize details

• to encourage the reader to keep going

• to persuade the reader to imagine

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CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.5