Ode to Enchanted Light DOL

The poet's purpose in the first stanza is to—

• Praise or celebrate life

• Mourn the passage of time

• Tells a story of a walk in the woods

• Express a personal emotion

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

The imagery in lines 8 through 9 emphasizes—

• The play of light and shadow in the branches

• The way light falls down from the sky

• The brightness of the white light

• The reflection created by light on the leave

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

Which best expresses where the speaker in the poem is located?

• In a meadow where cicadas sing

• Near a river that is overflowing

• Under the branches of some trees

• In an airplane high in the air

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

Toward what does the poet express an appreciative tone, or attitude?

• Cicadas

• Natural light

• Leaves

• Empty air

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Which word best describes the mood of the third stanza:

A cicada sends

its sawing song

high into the empty air.

• Happy

• Ominous

• Eager

• Lonely

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

Read the dictionary entry.

PART A: Which meaning of the word BEST matches its use in line 11?

• Definition 1

• Definition 2

• Definition 3

• Definition 4

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

Read the dictionary entry.

PART B: Based on your answer, what is the poet wanting to convey about the cicada's song?

• The cicada’s high pitched, continual song traveling to the tops of the trees.

• The cicada’s sending a saw to the top of the trees.

• The sawing in a nearby location is interrupting the cicada’s song.

• The speaker is seeing the cicada’s singing.

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.10