Q3:8-Spiral Review---My Shadow

In the poem, the poet compares the shadow to _____.

• jumping into bed

• a rubber ball

• buttercups

What is the rhyme scheme of the first stanza?

• AABB

• ABAB

• AAAB

What does the poet mean by the phrse "And he sometimes gets so little that there's none of him at all"?

• The shadow changes sizes.

• Sometimes the shadow is larger than the poet.

• Sometimes the shadow completely goes away.

Which of the following lines from the poem proves that the poet has some positive feelings towards the shadow?

• "And what can be the use of him more than I can see"

• "The funniest thing about him is the way he likes to grow"

• "He stays so close beside me, he's a coward you can see"

If the author read a book about how shadows are formed, do you think he would feel differently about his shadow?

• Yes

• No

From what point of view is this poem written?

• first person

• second person

• third person

How many stanzas does this poem have?

• 6

• 4

• 8

The poem is MAINLY about

• a boy who likes to tell funny stories.

• a boy who teaches his shadow a lesson.

• a boy who tells about his shadow.

What words does the author use to describe the shadow's movement?

• jumps in, sticks to me, little, bed.

• see, heels up, proper children.

• goes in and out, jump, shoots up taller, sticks to me.

Read the line below from the poem:

"He hasn’t got a notion of how children ought to play."

In the sentence, the word notion probably means

• turn

• sight

• clue