Song of Wandering Aengus Comprehension Check

Where does the narrator go in the beginning of the poem?

• the sun

• a hazel wood

• the moon

• the bottom of a stream

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.1

The speaker is not feeling well at the beginning of the poem. What evidence from the poem helps you make this inference?

• “I dropped the berry in a stream”

• “A fire was in my head”

• “I went out to the hazel wood”

• “I went to blow the fire a-flame”

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CCSS.RL.7.1

What did the trout that the narrator caught turn into?

• a glimmering girl

• two trouts

• apple blossoms

• moth-like stars

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CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.4

What has the narrator been searching for this whole time?

• Nutella

• his stolen trout

• the glimmering girl

• silver and gold apples

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.1

What kind of figurative language is in this quote?

"...moth-like stars were flickering out..."

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• simile

• idiom

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CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.7.4

What kind of figurative language is in this quote?

"Because a fire was in my head"

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• simile

• idiom

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CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.7.4

What does the speaker use as bait when fishing?

• worm

• moth

• berry

• thread

What kind of mythology is the myth of Aengus?

• Greek

• Roman

• Native American

• Celtic

What kind of writing is "The Song of Wandering Aengus"?

• poem

• short story

• novel

• informational text

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

Who is the narrator of the poem?

• Aengus

• the glimmering girl

• the trout

• William Butler Yeats

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.6