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Structure Ideas Word Choice

Authored by Margaret Anderson

English

7th Grade

CCSS covered

Structure Ideas Word Choice
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which element of "The Turtle” helps the reader determine that it is a free verse poem?

the lack of regular rhyme and meter

the poet’s use of words and phrases

the poet’s use of words and phrases

the lack of repeated vowel sounds

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Read the excerpt from stanza 1 of "The Turtle.”

breaks from the blue-black

skin of the water, dragging her shell

with its mossy scutes

across the shallows and through the rushes

The repeated "sh” sound adds to the stanza’s

tone

meter

rhyme

rhythm

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The emotional atmosphere that a poem creates is known as

the theme

the tone

the mood

the meter

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Read the lines from "The Turtle.”

of her patience, her fortitude,

her determination to complete

what she was born to do –

and then you realize a greater thing –

she doesn’t consider

what she was born to do.

What does the poet’s word choice in these lines say about her attitude toward the turtle?

She questions the turtle’s intelligence.

She likes the turtle’s slow movements.

She thinks the turtle’s task is an easy one.

She admires the turtle’s natural drive.

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Read the lines from "The Turtle.”

Crawling up the high hill,

luminous under the sand that has packed against her skin,

she doesn’t dream

she knows

Based on the poet’s use of the word "luminous,” what is her tone toward the turtle?

The turtle has an strange appearance.

The turtle should be admired for her movements.

The turtle is too bright to look at.

The turtle is a beautiful part of nature.

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which words from "The Turtle” create the idea that the turtle moves in an awkward and uneven way?

dragging, ungainly, hunkered

mossy, shallows, darkness

patience, fortitude, determination

crawling, luminous, unbreakable

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The idea in the "The Turtle” that all living things are tied together in a meaningful way is part of the poem’s

theme

mood

tone

atmosphere

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

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