Red River Poem 4th Grade STAAR

Based on details in the poem, which statement best describes how the speaker most likely feels about Max?

• F) She wishes he would listen to her.

• G) She is jealous of him

• H) She admires him.

• J) She wants to protect him.

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CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.3.4

Read the dictionary entry below.

Which definition most closely fits the way the word scale is used in line 20?

SCALE \'skal\ noun

1. 1. one of the small, hard parts that covers a fish

2. 2- a tool for measuring heaviness

3. 3- a series of musical notes

4. 4- a set of marks in a row used to measure distance

• A) Definition 1

• B) Definition 2

• C) Definition 3

• D) Definition 4

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CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

What is the most likely reason the poet includes the seasons in the poem?

• A) To explain the safest time of the year to travel by boat on the river

• B) To suggest when the speaker likes to fish in the river

• C) To identify the best time of the year to make friends at the river

• D) To highlight when the speaker observes changes in the river

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CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

In line 2, "like a fat brown thread" suggests that the river -

• F) is full of many kinds of fish

• G) makes a wide path through the land

• H) is filled with branches

• J) become darker over time

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CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

Read lines 13 & 14 from the poem:

Leaving chunks of trees

that we made into pirate ships

What do these lines suggest about the speaker's experience at the river?

• A) The river creates problems that the speaker wants to avoid.

• The river gives speaker a chance to travel to new places.

• C) The river provides a way for the speaker to be creative.

• D) The river can be a confusing place for the speaker.

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CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.3.4

What is a group of lines in a poem called?

• stanza

• chapter

• sentence

• paragraph

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CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.3.4

What figure of speech is used to compare two things using 'like' or 'as'?

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole

• metaphor

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CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.2.3

What figure of speech gives human qualities to non-human things?

• Anthropomorphism

• Personification

• Pathetic fallacy

• Zoomorphism

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CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.2.3

What is the term for the repetition of similar sounds at the end of words?

• rhyme

• rhythm

• metaphor

• alliteration

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CCSS.RL.4.4

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CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

What is a line?

• a group of lines within a poem

• random words throughout a poem

• a row of words in a poem

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CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

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