"Ode to Enchanted Light" Preview & Application

Which statement best explains how background knowledge about cicadas can help you analyze nature imagery in a poem like “Ode to Enchanted Light”?

• Knowing cicada sounds helps imagine sensory details vividly

• Knowing cicada diets helps summarize plot events clearly

• Knowing cicada habitats helps memorize author biography facts

• Knowing cicada predators helps identify rhyme schemes precisely

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CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Which line best shows a simile that compares light to a pattern in nature?

• A cicada sends its sawing song upward

• Under the trees light has dropped from the sky

• The world is a glass overflowing with water

• light like a green latticework of branches

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

What sound image does the poet use for the cicada?

• A sawing song rising upward

• A whispering breeze at noon

• A bell chiming at sunset

• A drumbeat echoing in caves

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

In the Spanish line 'que fulgura en la hoja,' what is the closest English meaning of 'fulgura'?

• Shines on the leaf

• Falls from the leaf

• Hides under the leaf

• Breaks the leaf

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

Which Spanish phrase most directly mirrors 'clean white sand'?

• son de aserradero

• fresca arena blanca

• alto cielo verde

• copa llena de agua

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

What tone do the images of light and overflowing water create?

• Lonely and hopeless tone

• Suspenseful and fearful tone

• Angry and resentful tone

• Joyful and wonder-filled tone

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Identify the figurative language used in 'light like a green latticework of branches.'

• Simile comparing light to latticework

• Hyperbole exaggerating tree size

• Metaphor comparing world to glass

• Personification of singing sand

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CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Why might the poet compare light to 'clean white sand'? Choose the best reason.

• To show noise and chaos of light

• To show weight and hardness of light

• To show softness and purity of light

• To show heat and danger of light

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Which pair correctly matches English and Spanish lines about location?

• 'Shining on every leaf' — 'son de aserradero'

• 'Under the trees light' — 'La luz bajo los árboles'

• 'A cicada sends' — 'La luz del alto cielo'

• 'Drifting down' — 'Es una copa llena de agua'

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

Which statement best explains how the Spanish and English versions relate?

• They convey the same images and tone

• They remove all figurative language

• They tell different stories entirely

• They conflict in mood and setting

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CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.7