Week 3: Daydreams/Prairie Dogs

The poem's shape and structure work together to-

• remind the reader of a noisy, crowded room

• emphasize the poem's them of gentle, natural movement

• create a tone of loneliness and longing

• help the reader understand the poem's hardest words

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10B

In lines 10-12, the poem's speaker imagines what it would be like to move like a sailing ship. In the poem, the speaker also mentions other objects that move. Which of the following objects are NOT mentioned in the poem? (Select two)

• A cloud

• A car

• A breeze

• A bird

• A star

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6H

The illustration is likely included to help the reader visualize the poem's-

• setting

• author

• speaker

• plot

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10C

This question has two parts. First, answer Part A. Then answer Part B.

Part A

Which sound device does the poet use in the first four stanzas of the poem?

• Internal rhyme

• Blank verse

• Onomatopoeia

• Perfect rhyme

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9B

Part B

Which line from the poem gives an example of the answer to part A?

• If I could sail like a ship on the grasses

• a flutter in a flurry

• in a bough or a branch, how I'd sing

• gliding, riding, delighting

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9B

Prairie dogs are an important part of the grassland food web. A strong food web starts with healthy soil. Healthy soil supports healthy grasses. Prairie dogs are herbivores that eat these grasses. They are primary consumers. Secondary consumers are predators such as eagles, hawks, owls, foxes, coyotes, bobcats, and snakes. These secondary consumers feed on primary consumers such as prairie dogs. The grasses are food for primary consumers. And primary consumers are food for secondary consumers. The energy goes up the food chain from soil, to grasses, to prairie digs, to hawks.

Explain the prairie dog's role in a healthy grassland ecosystem.

Answer explanation

Restate

Answer

Cite

Explain your evidence

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7B

12B