Twilight Calm

What does most of the poem describe?

• the sound of the evening
• animals preparing for nightfall
• creatures hunting for food at night
• the way the weather changes at sunset

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CCSS.RL.1.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

Read lines 1 through 3 of the poem.  
Oh, pleasant eventide!
Clouds on the western side
Grow grey and grayer hiding the warm sun
Which words best describe the tone that the poet creates at the beginning of the poem?

• concern for warmth
• surprised alarm at day's end
• enthusiasm for the time of day
• disapproval of the weather pattern

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CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.K.5

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.7.10

Which lines provide the best evidence that events in nature are repeated over many years?

• "The very squirrel leaps from bough to bough
  But lazily; pauses; and settles now
  Where once he stored his food." (lines 8 through 10)
• "Nibbling his fill he stops from time to time
  And listens where he sits." (lines 19 and 20)
• "Hark! that's the nightingale,
  Telling the selfsame tale
  Her song told when this ancient earth was young." (lines 31 through 33)
• "Through all the hours of night until the dan
  They sleep, forgetting fear." (lines 44 and 45)

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.1.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

Which word best describes most of the evening activity mentioned in the poem?

• busy
• lonely
• strained
• cooperative

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CCSS.RL.1.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

When two or more words have the same ending sound, it is called

• scheme

• rhyme

• alliteration

• repetition

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

Her eyes are as sparkly as a diamond is a

• smilie

• metaphor

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

words that are used within a poem repeatedly to express a certain point

• rhyme

• repetition

• stanza

• alliteration

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.K.5

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

comparing two things WITHOUT using LIKE or AS is called

• metaphor

• simile

• alliteration

• stanza

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

On the beautiful summer night, the trees danced in the breeze is an example of ...

• alliteration

• personification

• rhyme

• stanza

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CCSS.RL.7.4

Several lines grouped together in a poem

• line

• stanza

• poetry

• repetition

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CCSS.RL.1.4

CCSS.RL.K.5

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL. 6.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.13