Unit 4 Assessment- The Sky is Low / Not a Cloud in the Sky

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 the clouds

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

In line 4, what does the word "debates" tell the reader?

• The snowflake seems uncertain and hesitant

• The snowflake seems angry and quarrelsome

• The snowflake appears to be speaking to someone

• The snowflake appears to be playing with someone

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

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.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

Which phrase signals 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.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

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 poem's rhyme structure echoes the joy the speaker feels despite the bleakness of the winter's day

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

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

• Nature is unprepared for winter.

• Nature is grand in winter.

• Nature's beauty is not always on display.

• Nature's appearance changes suddenly.

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

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

• It supports the lighthearted tone.

• It supports the angry tone.

• It supports the detached tone.

• It supports the sympathetic tone.

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

Which statement describes Thomas's perspective on moving to the city?

• He doesn't understand why Alec is so excited to move.

• He is afraid to move but is making the best of the situation.

• He thinks the move to the city will be a very good thing.

• He is sorry to leave the old home with all of its memories.

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

How does the author use dialogue to reveal the different perspectives of Tom and Alec?

• to show how their perspectives become more positive

• to show how their perspectives become more negative

• to show that their perspectives are different

• to show that their perspectives are similar

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

How does the setting help reveal how each brother feels about moving?

• by comparing Tom's scorn for the new apartment with Alec's scorn for the house

• by contrasting Tom's eagerness for the city with Alec's fondness for the rock garden

• by comparing Tom's delight in the house with Alec's delight in the new apartment

• by contrasting Tom's worry about the yard sale with Alec's enjoyment of the toys

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3