DOL Poetry Inferences

What is the most likely reason the poet refers to the tree as a "tower"
in lines 18-29 of the poem "Maple Street"?

• To suggest the age of the tree that the speaker climbs

• To highlight what objects the speaker enjoys sketching

• To reveal the location of the tree in the speaker's neighborhood

• To emphasize the height from which the speaker observes the neighborhood

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

The reader can infer that the speaker of this poem is ________.

• a teacher

• a parent

• a child

• a senior citizen

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

Based on stanza 1 (lines 1-13) of the poem "Maple Street", the speaker most likely feels -

• uncertain about taking the chocolate Jamie Hamlin shares

• surprised to learn the street is named for Jamie Hamlin's tree

• thankful to have Jamie Hamlin as a neighbor

• jealous of the store Jamie Hamlin's family owns

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

An inference is context clues + _________

• Exposition

• Resolution

• Conflict

• Schema

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

Read lines 1-3 from the poem " Maple Street".

These lines suggest that the speaker thinks -

• the maple tree is the most noticeable object on the street

• streets should be named after features found near them

• the street originally had a different name

• people disagree about the meaning of the street's name

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4