Hope is the thing with feathers

Hope is being compared to

• A person's soul

• Feathers

• A bird

• A gale

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"Hope is the thing with feathers" is an example of

• personification

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

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The poet says that hope "sings the tune without the words." Why might the poet have written that the tune has no words?

• to indicate that people who are always hopeful are also often forgetful

• to emphasize that hope does not need to be put into words to be felt

• to suggest that people are usually unable to understand the feeling of hope

• to point out that it is very difficult to express whether they feel hopeful or not

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CCSS.L.8.5A

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The poet uses the words "gale" and "storm" as metaphors. What might these words represent?

• times of bad weather

• pleasant times

• times of success and growth

• hard or painful times

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CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4

What best describes the tone of the poem?

• Fearful

• Hopeful

• Sad

• Anxious

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CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.4

According to the last line of the poem hope _________.

• Is selfish and does not give

• Needs crumbs to survive

• Gives and asks for nothing in return

• Is a bird that eats crumbs when it is hungry

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The theme of this poem is most likely

• Hope can help us get through the tough times life throws our way

• Hope is something that can leave us when we need it most

• Listening to music can help us get through storms

• Birds provide hope to many people

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CCSS.RL.8.1

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The word "perches" means __________________________.

• to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down

• sit somewhere, especially on something high or narrow

• to move or jerk suddenly, as from surprise or shock

• to produce melodious sounds

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CCSS.L.8.4A

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Which of these words are positive?

• chillest

• extremity

• strangest

• sweetest

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Read these lines from the poem

And sore must be the storm that could abash the little bird that kept so many warm.

I've heard it in the chillest land, and on the strangest sea; yet, never, in extremity, It asked a crumb of me.

What does "it" refer to in the last line?

• The little bird

• The chillest land

• The storm

• The strangest sea

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