MOnarch MAgic

What is the most likely reason the poet uses a simile in line 22?

Line 22: And leave it dull as pale elephant skin

• to emphasize the delicateness of the butterflies

• to identify another animal that inhabits the area

• to describe how the butterflies become less attractive over time

• to express the idea that the area will be less beautiful without the butterflies

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6.9D

The poet includes stanzas 1 through 3 most likely to----

• describe the actions of the butterfly as a beautiful event

• highlight the speaker's memories of observing the butterfly

• emphasize the effect the butterfly has on its surroundings

• show that the speaker is watching more than one butterfly

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6.5F

Line 1: "I watch with awe as you spring

Free from the prison you enclosed yourself in;

The word awe most likely means.....

• terror

• shock

• amazement

• disbelief

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6.2B

Lines 18-20:You will meet millions and travel south

In an orange blanket that smothers the sky

Destined to find home in Mexico

Lines 18-20 shows that the ​ ​ (a)   is​ (b)   to Mexico.

• butterfly
• migrating
• dying
• blanket
• sky
• falling
• wondering
• looking
• returning
• poet

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6.5F

Which lines from the poem best suggests that the speaker is anticipating a future event?

• Cracking the capsule of crystal that captures your beautiful body and budding wings,

• But someday I will meet your kin that will being beauty back to my tree,

• You leave behind your chrysalis husk that kept you safely wrapped in a bundle

• They shimmer brightly in a new world; white dots and black stripes on rust.

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6.5F

Lines 6 & 7: Like sails catching a sudden gust

Those frail folded flaps unfurl;

The poet includes this simile most likely to describe.....

• the damage the wind has done to the butterfly's wings

• the quickness and fullness of the butterfly's spreading wings

• the colors of the butterfly's new wings

• the size of the butterfly's wings compared to a ship's sails

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6.5F

The poem's structure helps the reader picture the ​ ​ (a)   of Monarch butterfly.

• life cycle
• death
• rebirth
• burial
• release
• movement
• flight pattern
• thoughts and feelings
• wonderings
• rotation

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6.5F

Line 7: Those frail folded flaps unfurl;

What does the word unfurl mean in line 7?

• spread out

• enclose

• turn out

• take in

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6.2B

Match the lines with the correct figurative language.

• And leave it dull as pale elephant skin

• simile

• Free from the prison you enclosed yourself in

• metaphor

• You push through, and nature sings

• personfication

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6.9D

Reorder the following to show the correct order of the butterfly metamorphosis.

• You spring free from the prison you enclosed yourself in;

• Cracking the capsule of crystal that captures your beautiful body

• LIke sails catching a sudden gust those frail folded flaps unfurl;

• You leave behind your chrysalis husk that kept you safely wrapped in a bundle

• You will meet millions and travel south destined to find home in Mexico

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6.5F