Poetry Craft and Structure

How does the speaker use figurative language to describe the flake of snow in the first stanza of the poem?

• The speaker explains the sound it makes.

• The speaker exaggerates the way it travels.

• The speaker describes how it thinks.

• The speaker compares it to the sky and the clouds.

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

What is the connotation of the word "debates" in line 4 of the poem?

• The snowflake seems uncertain and hesitant.

• The snowflake seems angry and quarrelsome.

• The snowflake appears to be speaking to someone.

• The snowflake appears to be playing with someone.

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

What impact does the use of rhyme have on the poem?

• The rhyme creates a powerful emotional effect.

• The rhyme creates a drowsy, monotonous effect.

• The rhyme creates a musical effect, as in a song.

• The rhyme creates a conversational effect, as in dialogue.

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

Based on the play "Not a Cloud in the Sky," which statement best describes Thomas's point of view about moving to the city?

• He doesn't understand why Alec is so excited to move.

• He is afraid to move but is making the best of the situation.

• He thinks the move to the city will be a very good thing.

• He is sorry to leave the old home with all of its memories.

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.7

Which sentence from the play best illustrates Thomas's point of view about moving to the city?

• "You have to admit, the city is much more exciting, and we'll meet new people and everything."

• "It certainly isn't the weather that's keeping people away from our yard sale."

• "Yeah, I guess so, miles of museums in the city."

• "Here's a set of baseball cards I've been collecting for years, but you can have them for just two bucks."

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Which phrase signals a major change in the focus of the poem?

• "A traveling flake of snow"

• "Debates if it will go."

• "A narrow wind complains all day"

• "Nature, like us, is sometimes caught."

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4