The Lost Dog STAAR Questions Review

Which lines from the poem rhyme?

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Read line 11 from the poem.

"Dances upon his eager, padding feet,"

The poet uses this line mainly to -

• Describe the dog's uncertainty

• Emphasize the dog's excitement

• Describe the dog's training

• Emphasize the dog's talents

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CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

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How are the stanzas in the poem alike?

• They repeat words that are important.

• They have rhyming words.

• They have the same number of lines.

• They give a solution to a problem the dog has.

The speaker most likely thinks the dog is -

• aggressive

• disobedient

• loyal

• stubborn

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CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

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The reader can tell this poem is a narrative poem because -

• The poem makes the reader happy.

• There are lines that rhyme.

• The poem tells a story.

• The poem can be easily visualized.

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CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

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The dog does not bark because -

• He is afraid of strangers.

• His owner trained him not to bark.

• He wants to be able to hear the whistle.

• He does not want to be noticed.

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CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

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Lines 5 - 7 help the reader visualize -

• how the dog is trying to get out of the sight of those around him.

• what the dog's eyes look like.

• where the dog is at.

• how the dog is anxiously looking and listening for his owner to come.

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CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

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In the poem's last line, what does the phrase "tiny universe" describe?

• where the dog is standing

• where the dog has wandered

• the world as the dog knows it

• the house of the dog's master

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CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

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