3.6 Describe the characteristics of various forms of poetry and how they create imagery
Quiz by Texas Education Agency
Grade 3
ELAR (2009)
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS)
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- Q1Lines 10 through 13 show that the speaker —is not certain when she will stop climbingis not bothered by the challenges of climbing treesknows of a perfect spot to rest while climbingagrees with what others say about climbing trees60sDescribe the characteristics of various forms of poetry and how they create imagery
- Q2What part of the tree is compared to a road?The barkThe trunkThe twigsThe leaves60sDescribe the characteristics of various forms of poetry and how they create imagery
- Q3According to the speaker, climbing a tree can be difficult because —there are too many people trying to climb the treethe leaves on the tree do not provide enough shade from the sunthere is not a lot of space to move around in some areas of the treethe bark on the tree is rough60sDescribe the characteristics of various forms of poetry and how they create imagery
- Q4Which of these lines from the poem rhyme?Lines 11 and 13Lines 8 and 9Lines 15 and 16Lines 2 and 460sDescribe the characteristics of various forms of poetry and how they create imagery
- Q5Why does the poet use the exclamation points in the first stanza?To express the speaker’s joyTo emphasize the speaker’s surpriseTo describe the speaker’s thoughtsTo show the speaker’s fear60sDescribe the characteristics of various forms of poetry and how they create imagery
- Q6Which of these lines from the poem rhyme?Lines 23 and 24Lines 11 and 12Lines 5 and 7Lines 2 and 460sDescribe the characteristics of various forms of poetry and how they create imagery
- Q7Read lines 17 and 18 from the poem. These lines best support the idea that the speaker —knows he did something wrong at schoolwants to be the one who tells his mother what happened at schoolis hoping to talk about something other than schoolwants to get home as quickly as possible60sDescribe the characteristics of various forms of poetry and how they create imagery
- Q8How does the speaker feel throughout the poem?AngryUncomfortableSillyExcited60sDescribe the characteristics of various forms of poetry and how they create imagery
- Q9The speaker in this poem is a young girl who —creates something to play with from ordinary thingssettles a disagreement with her brotherfinds a clever solution to a problemlikes spending time exploring the outdoors60sDescribe the characteristics of various forms of poetry and how they create imagery
- Q10Read these lines from the poem. The poet uses these lines mainly to show that the speaker —is excited about showing the wings to othersdoes not want anyone’s helpis confused about what she has madewants to test her idea for herself60sDescribe the characteristics of various forms of poetry and how they create imagery
- Q11This poem is an example of narrative poetry mostly because it —describes feelingstells a storyhas a funny endinghas lines that rhyme60sDescribe the characteristics of various forms of poetry and how they create imagery
- Q12By the end of the poem, the reader realizes that the speaker —uses her imagination to feel like she is flyingneeds the wind to help her flydoes not know how to use her wings correctlyis able to fly as fast as the birds60sDescribe the characteristics of various forms of poetry and how they create imagery
- Q13When the speaker of the poem says “you,” he is talking to —his dryerhis pantsthe oceanthe grass60sDescribe the characteristics of various forms of poetry and how they create imagery
- Q14The poem begins and ends with the idea of —lonelinesstogethernessembarrassmentamusement60sDescribe the characteristics of various forms of poetry and how they create imagery
- Q15The poet uses dialogue in lines 12 through 16 to help the reader understand —how much the pants need to be washed and driedwhy the pants like to spend time with the speakerhow much the pants dislike the washing machinewhy the pants make sounds in the washing machine60sDescribe the characteristics of various forms of poetry and how they create imagery
