RL7.4 (CFA #2)

How does the speaker describe the flake of snow in the first stanza of the poem?

• The speaker explains the sound it makes.

• The speaker exaggerates the way it travels.

• The speaker describes how it thinks.

• The speaker compares it to the sky and clouds.

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CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.4

What impact does the use of rhyme have on the poem?

• The rhyme creates a powerful emotional effect.

• The rhyme creates a drowsy, monotonous effect.

• The rhyme creates a musical effect, as in a song.

• The rhyme creates a conversational effect, as in dialogue.

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

Which quote signifies a major change in the focus of the poem?

• "A traveling flake of snow..."

• "Debates if it will go..."

• "A narrow wind complains all day..."

• Nature, like us, is sometimes caught..."

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CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.7.5

How does the structure of the poem communicate the central image of a bleak winter's day?

• The poem's simple, sparse structure echoes the sparseness in the bleak winter's day.

• The poem's flowery, descriptive structure contrasts with the bleakness of the winter's day.

• The poem's free verse structure contrasts the freedom of the floating snow with the bleak winter's day.

• The poems rhyme structure echoes the joy the speaker feels despite the bleakness of the winter's day.

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CCSS.RL.7.5

What does the phrase "caught...Without her diadem" in lines 7 - 8 suggest about nature?

*diadem - a crown

• Nature is unprepared for winter.

• Nature is wonderful in winter.

• Nature's beauty is not always on display for the viewing of others.

• Nature's appearance can change suddenly.

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CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.7.4

How does the rhyme patter contribute to the tone of the poem?

• It supports the lighthearted tone.

• It supports the angry tone.

• It supports the detached tone.

• It supports the sympathetic tone.

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5