Summarizing Poetry SOL Review

Read to poem to answer the question.

This poem is mostly about...

• The friends a scarecrow has

• The loneliness of a scarecrow

• Living in a cornfield

• A scarecrow who loves his job

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.3.9

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.9

Read the poem to answer the questions.

What is the best summary of stanza 2?

• The speaker doesn't like scarecrows.

• The scarecrow's friends all leave him.

• The scarecrow has no one to listen to him.

• The speaker wants to be friends with the scarecrow.

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RI.4.9

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RI.6.2

Read the poem to answer the question.

Which line would be best to include in a summary of the poem?

• Scarecrow, oh scarecrow

• Surrounded by fields of ears

• Now your clothes are only tatters

• Is you spend your time alone.

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RI.4.9

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RI.6.2

Read the poem to answer the question.

Which of the following is the best summary of the poem?

• The speaker wants to become friends with the scarecrows

• The speaker feels bad that scarecrows are lonely because their job is to scare things away.

• The speaker thinks its funny that the scarecrow is always alone

• The speaker is the scarecrow and is sad.

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RI.4.9

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

Read the poem to answer the question.

Stanza 1 is about...

• The speakers scarecrow

• The scarecrows clothes

• The scarecrows job

• The scarecrows feelings

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4