Imagery/Poetry

What is the most likely reason that the poet includes this imagery?

She holds a furry ball with paws-

A baby squirrel just half her size

• To suggest that the baby squirrel is sick.

• To suggest that the baby squirrel is small.

• To show that the baby squirrel likes to play games.

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CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

These lines help the reader picture the way the leaves -

where they tumble

and gather

in piles and drifts

• are colored

• look along the street

• sound as they fall

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CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

tumbling in the suds,

like me

when I'm caught

in an ocean wave.

These lines mainly help the reader understand what being in a washing machine...

• feels like

• sounds like

• smells like

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CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

Which of these help understand what it feels like to soar through the sky?

• And I thought to myself

• with great big trusting eyes

• the cool of the gentle breeze

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CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

Which of these would describe what it may feel like to climb a tree?

• through tunnels of leaves that sway

• that's where I make my way

• where the hills are wide

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CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

Which images appeal to your sense of taste?

• Jagged peaks and snow capped mountains in the distance

• Rich milk chocolate

• Rough sandpaper

• The screech of an opera singer

• A sour apple

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CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

A comparison using "like" or "as"

• simile
• metaphor
• personification
• stanza

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CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

A group of lines in a poem

• metaphor
• simile
• line
• stanza

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CCSS.RL.7.4

Comparing two unlike things NOT using like or as is called...

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• allusion

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Which sense is this sentence appealing to?

I was mesmerized by the flickering sparkles of the bright fireflies.

• Sight

• Hear/Sound

• Taste

• Smell

• Feelings/Emotions

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5