Poetry Practice

Poetry Practice

8th Grade

6 Qs

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Poetry Practice

Poetry Practice

Assessment

Quiz

English

8th Grade

Hard

CCSS
RL.8.4, RL.8.10, RL.8.5

+8

Standards-aligned

Created by

Margaret Anderson

FREE Resource

6 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which of these ideas is emphasized by the simile in lines 7 and 8?

Poetry can appear in many different forms

New poems can be valued like a companion.

New poems do not come to mind right away.

Poetry writing is not as enjoyable as having a pet.

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Read the dictionary entry.


afford v. 1. to bear the financial cost of 2. to be able to spare or give up 3. to provide for another 4. to be the cause or source of

Definition 1

Definition 2

Definition 3

Definition 4

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What process is the poet describing when she uses the words "i remove its muddy shoes and rearrange the pillows" in lines 21 and 22?

Finding a topic to write about

Writing from personal experience

Revising a poem's ideas and words

Sharing a poem with an audience

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The title of the poem is effective because it suggests that the speaker -

desires more poetry to come into her life

tried to schedule time for writing poetry

longs for poetry assignments at school

wants people to enjoy reading her poetry

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What do the contrasting images in lines 17 - 22 suggest?

Writing poetry can be relaxing.

Poets are sensitive by nature.

Writing poetry is often not easy.

Poets have active imaginations.

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The poet uses lines 1 through 6 to establish that -

art and poetry share many similarities

the speaker hopes to keep her poetry a secret

poetry is an important subject to learn in school.

the speaker wishes she had more time to write poetry

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5