Poetry Practice: STAAR
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- Q 1/6Score 0Which line from the poem best helps the reader imagine the flowers and fruits of the rain forest?29Is pure paradise.A palace of fragrance and tastesIts ponds are crowdedIs more than can be described.
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- Q1Which line from the poem best helps the reader imagine the flowers and fruits of the rain forest?Is pure paradise.A palace of fragrance and tastesIts ponds are crowdedIs more than can be described.30s
- Q2In stanza 3, the phrase “Everywhere there is music” indicates that the speaker —finds the sounds of the rain forest enchantingwishes he could imitate the sounds he hearsis distracted by the different sounds of naturecan recognize certain birds by the sounds they make30s
- Q3What does the word BRILLIANT mean in the poem?excellent or superior in performancefull of lightshowing great intelligencevivid in appearance30s
- Q4Throughout the poem, the rain forest is presented as a place that is —without any imperfectionsJ best experienced early in the morningattractive to many visitorshighly adaptable to change30s
- Q5The poem’s structure helps the reader —understand how much time the speaker spends in the rain forestexamine how the speaker’s emotions about the rain forest changepicture what a trip to the rain forest is like for the speakerrealize how the speaker feels about the rain forest compared with other places30s
- Q6Read this line from the poem. - Its greatness makes me feel very small. - This line helps the reader understand that the speaker —has a deep appreciation for his surroundingsfeels unpleasantly overwhelmed by his surroundingswants to view the rain forest from a higher locationwould prefer to visit the rain forest with a group of people30s
