Summer Poem Quiz

What is the author’s name?

• William Wordsworth

• Emily Dickinson

• Langston Hughes

• Walter Dean Myers

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.K.6

What is the primary theme of the poem?

• The passage of time

• The joys of family gatherings

• The beauty of a hot summers day

• The melancholy of lost love

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

What’s the rhyme scheme?

• AABBCC DDABAC

• AABCCA CCACAA

• ABABCD CDEFGH

• ABCCBA ABABAB

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.11

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What mood does the poem primarily evoke?

• Melancholy and somber

• Excited and energetic

• Anxious and tense

• Joyful and serene

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Locate the onomatopoeia(s) in the poem

• Line 3

• Line 1

• Line 5

• Line 7

• Line 10

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Which line contains an example of alliteration?

• ‘Beaming and dreaming’

• ‘Running and ripping’

• ‘Old men sleeping’

• ‘Juices dripping’

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What poetic device is used in lines 11 and 12?

• Simile

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

• Repetition

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Which line(s) is used to personify something?

• ‘catch the one you love days’

• ‘Beaming and dreaming’

• ‘buzzin from cousin to cousin’

• ‘Running and ripping’

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Which line contains consonance?

• Line 9

• Line 1

• Line 6

• Line 8

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9