"The Names" Vocabulary

In the poem, the phrase "palm of the night" most closely means.

• palm trees swaying in the night
• space in the middle of your hand
• middle of the night 
• late at night

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

In the poem, which word means "glossy covering or coating"?

• ash
• bough
• inscribe
• glaze

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

If a bough is a branch, where are you most likely to see boughs?

• a building
• a tree
• a car
• a monument

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

In the poem, the word "unfurled" most closely means.

• not fuzzy
• folded up
• furled
• to spread or shake out; unfold

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The picture is an example of which phrase from the poem?

• "puzzle concocted for children"
• "boughs of the ancient maple"
• "droplets fell through the dark"
• "thousands of flowers"

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CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

Which line of the poem refers to a small bird like the one in the picture?

• "Names blown out over the earth and out to sea."
• "In the evening-weakening light, the last swallows."
• "Alphabet of names in green rows in a field."
• "Parker and Quigley in the twigs of an ash."

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9