What the Dewdrop Told the Children

10. What is the theme of the poem?

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• B

• C

• D

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CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

11. How do lines 1-8 contribute to the overall structure of the poem?

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CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

12. What does the word preferred mean as it is used in line 10?

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• D

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

13. Which phrase from the poem supports the answer to Part A?

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CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

14. Where does the snowflake land?

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CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.7

15. When the speaker is still a raindrop at the beginning of the poem, how does it

compare to the other raindrops in the cloud?

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• D

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CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

16. How does the speaker’s point of view influence how events are described?

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CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

17. Which set of lines from the poem supports the inference that the dewdrop thought of

itself as unimportant?

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• B

• C

• D

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CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4