Dandelions (Poem)

Read the origin of the word "invader".

"from Latin invader, from in+ vadere to go"

This information helps the reader to understand that invade in stanza 6 means to —

• grow strong

• intrude

• destroy

• admire

The poet creates the overall effect in the poem by using —

• enhanced vocabulary

• short lines

• rhyme schemes

• similes

The poet organizes the poem by —

• presenting the order of events in the speaker’s experience with the dandelions

• explaining the reasons for the speaker’s decision to pick the dandelions

• comparing the speaker’s opinion of dandelions to the opinion of the parents

• noting the change in the speaker’s feelings about dandelions

The poet uses figurative language in the last stanza to —

• explain how the sun shines on the speaker’s yard

• emphasize that the dandelions make the speaker feel joyful

• reveal that the speaker’s parents were right

• highlight the importance of dandelions

Stanzas 7 and 8 are important to the poem because it shows that the —

• speaker is causing more dandelions to grow in the yard

• mother wants more dandelions to grow in the yard

• speaker feels sorry for picking dandelions

• mother is causing more dandelions to grow in the yard