Invitation

23. Which of these ideas is emphasized by the simile in lines 7 and 8?

• A Poetry can appear in many different forms.

• B New poems can be valued like a companion.

• C New poems do not come to mind right away.

• D Poetry writing is not as enjoyable as having a pet.

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8.8 A Genre Characteristic-Poetry

24. Read the sentence from line 4.

In the sentence, the word _____ provides the best clue to the meaning of the word afford as it is used in line 4.

25 What process is the poet describing when she uses the words "i remove its muddy shoes and rearrange the pillows" in lines 21 and 22?

• A Finding a topic to write about

• B Writing from personal experience

• C Revising a poem's ideas and words

• D Sharing a poem with an audience

26 The title of the poem-effective because it suggests that the speaker-​ (a)  

• desires more poetry to come into her life
• tries to schedule time for writing poetry
• wants people to enjoy reading her poetry

27 What do the contrasting images in lines 17 through 22 suggest?

Answer explanation

R--restate the question into a statement

A--Answer the question

Cite--provide text evidence (the author writes/in paragraph #)

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8.8

Fig.

19(D)

28 The poet uses lines 1 through 6 to establish that-

• F art and poetry share many similarities

• G that speaker hopes to keep her poetry a secret

• H poetry is an important subject to learn in school

• J the speaker wishes she had more time to write poetry

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8.4 Fig 19D