the earth is a living thing / Sleeping in the Forest / Gold

What does a lyric poem express?

• personal thoughts and feelings

• facts and information

• people's exact words

• rules to follow

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

Which of the following uses words in imaginative ways?

• literal language

• inferences

• figurative language

• dictionary definitions

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Lines 12 and 13 from “the earth is a living thing” are an example of

• a simile

• rhyme scheme

• a metaphor

• personification

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

Line 4 from “the earth is a living thing” is an example of

• a simile

• rhyme scheme

• a metaphor

• personification

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

In “the earth is a living thing,” the poet compares the earth to a bear. You can make the inference that the earth

• can be fierce

• is playful

• sleeps in winter

• is an animal

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

By reading lines 7–8 in “Sleeping in the Forest,” you can infer that the poet is

• amused by stars

• afraid of the dark

• soothed by nature

• scared of fires

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

Lines 19 and 20 in “Gold” contain an example of

• personification

• a simile

• rhyme scheme

• a metaphor

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

In “Gold,” you can make the inference that the poet thinks the desert is

• empty

• beautiful

• isolated

• dangerous

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

Which of the following has human qualities in line 4 from “Gold”?

• wind

• boulders

• lizards

• rabbit

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

All three poems in this group describe

• animals

• people

• wind

• nature

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CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.7