Poem-Spring Showers

Which word best describes the feeling the poet creates in this poem?

• pride

• excitement

• boredom

• enjoyment

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CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

The speaker in this poem is a young girl who-

• is trying not to get into trouble

• is playing with her toys on a rainy day

• enjoys listening to the rain

• is bored because it's raining

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CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

What does "sprinting" mean in line 15?

• running fast

• having fun

• running slow

• having a race

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CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

What does the speaker do when her dad tells her to be careful?

• she sprints upstairs

• she slides down the banister

• she groans

• she sighs and stares

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

In line 8 of the poem it says, "Leaving empty handed". Why does the poet include this line?

• the speaker finds nothing to do in her room

• the speaker's room is empty

• the speaker is in a hurry to stop the rain

• it is cold in the speaker's room

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CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

In line 17, the word "mirth" means

• sadness

• amusement

• danger

• anger

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CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

What did the speaker find at the end of the poem?

• an old toy

• an old book

• a movie to watch

• old pictures

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CCSS.RI.2.2

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

Read line 2 of the poem. The poet uses this line to -

• describe what the raindrops look like when they hit the window

• explain how bored the speaker is

• show that the raindrops wake up the speaker

• describe how the raindrops sound when they hit the window

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CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

The reader can tell this poem is written in free verse because

• each stanza has the same number of lines

• some of the lines are numbered

• the poem has humor

• there is no set rhyme pattern

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CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

Why does the author likely use all capital letters in line 9?

• to show the raindrops have been falling for days

• to show how unhappy the speaker is that it is raining

• to show that the speaker is afraid of raindrops

• to show that the speaker finally finds out that it is raining

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CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5