Elementary Poetry Assessment

In the first stanza, the speaker personifies the sun as --

• a tribe from Illinois

• three red planets

• a girl who is hunting

• the beginning of the day

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

With each stanza in this poem, the poet develops --

• one idea in a single sentence

• an unusual appearance on the page

• several images in four sentences

• a list of unrelated ideas in five lines

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

Which is the best paraphrase of lines 5-8?

• The sun's strong rays set the plain on fire during midmorning.

• By midmorning, the fiery sun is so hot that it burns away the rain clouds.

• The sun at noon is so red that it looks like a fire in the sky.

• The midmorning sun is drying up the bushes o the plain.

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

The pattern of rhyming words in every stanza of this poem is --

• abba

• abab

• abcb

• abcc

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

In lines 9-12, the speaker uses an extended metaphor to compare the sun to --

• a wounded deer

• pale grass

• the noon sky

• golden horns

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

In lines 13-16, the eagle building his nest is a metaphor for the --

• western sky

• setting sun

• wild deer

• prairie hunters

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

Which line from the poem contains an example of assonance?

• The sun is a huntress young.

• The sun is a smoldering fire.

• And leaves not a bush of cloud.

• The sun is an eagle old.

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

Which line from the poem contains an example of alliteration?

• The sun is an Indian girl.

• There is the windless west.

• Atop of the spirit-cliffs.

• The sun is an eagle old.

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

The speaker gives the sunflowers human qualities in order to --

• create a humorous image

• emphasize human weaknesses

• express a connection with nature

• make the poem more lyrical

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

The speaker asks readers to --

• go along on a visit to the sunflowers

• learn about different parts of a sunflower

• be strong, like sunflowers in the field

• celebrate life, like each seed of a sunflower

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10