A Veterans Day Poem

What is the message of A Veterans Day Poem?

• Thanks to veterans we have freedom today

• Veterans dress funny and walk slowly

• Support all veterans by enjoying their stories

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But memories of heroes present and past

Will never, ever die

Stanza 1 Lines 3-4 have which type of figurative language? (Select 2)

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole

• alliteration

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

Veterans Day was originally known as Armistice Day. What's the adverb?

• was

• known

• originally

• Day

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

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Support our families, support our troops

Support our country, too

(stanza 10 lines 37-38)

These lines in the last stanza contain:

• repetition

• alliteration

• personification

• metaphor

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

The mood of A Veterans Day Poem could be described as:

• solemn

• ecstatic

• regretful

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

A Veterans Day Poem contains a rhyme scheme.

• true

• false

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Lines 1-2 in Stanza 1 use hyperbole to show:

• how quickly a day can go by

• blinking takes a lot of time and effort

• Veterans Day is a waste of time

• how similar days and eyes are

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

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But they were young when duty called

And off to war did go.

(Stanza 7 Lines 27-28)

These lines are an example of:

• hyperbole

• personification

• metaphor

• alliteration

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

The American flag is a ___________ of our country.

• symbol

• personification

• simile

• idiom

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CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Veterans Day was celebrated on November 11. How many prepositions are there?

(a)  

• 0
• 1
• 2
• 3

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A