6.4 Explain How Figurative Language Contributes To The Meaning Of A Poem
Quiz by Texas Education Agency
Grade 6
ELAR (2009)
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS)
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- Q1In line 24, why does the speaker say that he found “sweetness and pride” in the first tomato?He has worked hard to grow the tomatoes.He has planted a very sweet-tasting variety of tomato.Tomatoes are his favorite food to eat.He knows the next tomato will not taste as good.60s6.4: Reading - Comprehension of Literary Text - Poetry
- Q2Stanza 4 is important to the poem because it shows —the speaker’s commitment to his gardenthe speaker’s lack of experience with gardeningthe way the speaker feels about his brothersthe changes the speaker notices in his plants60s6.4: Reading - Comprehension of Literary Text - Poetry
- Q3Read these lines from the poem. The poet uses these lines to show that the speaker feels —burdened by the amount of work required to manage a gardendefeated by the stormconfused by the effect the rain had on the gardenconcerned that the storm has not ended60s6.4: Reading - Comprehension of Literary Text - Poetry
- Q4The poet organizes the poem by —presenting the order of events in the speaker’s experiencelisting the growing phases of the speaker’s tomato plantsnoting the frequent changes in the speaker’s emotionsexplaining the reasons for each of the speaker’s actions60s6.4: Reading - Comprehension of Literary Text - Poetry
- Q5Which line from the poem presents a problem that the speaker cannot control?To keep away the birds that hoped to eatOne night it rained so fiercely thatOf pests for whom green leaves mean lunch.Tomatoes in the strip of clay60s6.4: Reading - Comprehension of Literary Text - Poetry
- Q6Which line from the poem suggests that people in covered wagons experienced the conditions of the land?They knew the ruts and the rocks.we’re going as farTheir biscuits were tough.mountains of froth and foam.60s6.4: Reading - Comprehension of Literary Text - Poetry
- Q7The poet organizes the poem as she does in order to —detail the changes in travel throughout historyexplain why people travel in planeshighlight the reasons people traveled in covered wagonsshow how travel today differs from travel in the past60s6.4: Reading - Comprehension of Literary Text - Poetry
- Q8Why does the poet include stanzas 3 and 4?To explain why pioneers wanted to cross the prairie by wagonTo prove that traveling by wagon was more fun than air travelTo describe what a covered wagon could carryTo suggest that travel by wagon had both advantages and disadvantages60s6.4: Reading - Comprehension of Literary Text - Poetry
- Q9The poet suggests that pioneers had to —travel mostly at nightrely on strangers for helpcarry only a few necessitiesgrow their own food60s6.4: Reading - Comprehension of Literary Text - Poetry
- Q10The poet includes the pilot’s statement in stanza 1 in order to —tell the passengers where they are goinggive passengers an idea of how fast modern air travel isdescribe how pioneers traveledexplain the disadvantages of covered wagons60s6.4: Reading - Comprehension of Literary Text - Poetry
- Q11What does the poet suggest about the tree in lines 24 through 30?It is nearing the end of its life.It has witnessed many events through the years.It has many descriptions of events carved into its wood.It was in danger one year during a particularly rainy season.60s6.4: Reading - Comprehension of Literary Text - Poetry
- Q12Which lines from the poem suggest that the tree deserves respect?Her face looks out to the world, A grandmother to us all.Smelled the dew on summer dawns, And felt the moist soil at her feet.And she changes her clothes each season: A dress of pink blossoms in the spring,She has scarred wood, With intricate designs carved into her face.60s6.4: Reading - Comprehension of Literary Text - Poetry
- Q13Which word best describes the speaker’s attitude toward the tree?CheerfulEnviousAppreciativeSorrowful60s6.4: Reading - Comprehension of Literary Text - Poetry
- Q14Why are the first and third lines of the poem echoed in the last stanza?To remind the reader of the importance of the environmentTo highlight that the age of the tree makes it specialTo explain what the speaker enjoys most about the tree’s appearanceTo show how large the tree has grown60s6.4: Reading - Comprehension of Literary Text - Poetry
- Q15Read lines 5 through 10 from the poem. The poet uses personification in these lines most likely to show that the tree —prevents smaller plants from having room to growhas become stronger as it has maturedprotects the other treesprovides a warning about approaching danger60s6.4: Reading - Comprehension of Literary Text - Poetry
