Poetry Quiz-January Canvas

The speaker in this poem –

• finds the winter season beautiful.

• describes how the winter season changes.

• dislikes the winter season.

• compares winter to summer.

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What is the meaning of the word nestled in line 9?

• Settled

• Trapped

• Sleeping

• Playing

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In the poem, which words help the reader understand how the speaker feels about the winter season?

• Most kids stayed nestled indoors

• Houses sit quietly

• Gloomy gray morning sky

• Snowbanks are piled high

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This poem is an example of a free verse form mostly because it –

• it describes feelings.

• it does not have a rhyming pattern.

• has a funny ending.

• it has figurative language.

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What does the poet compare cars to in lines 5 and 6?

• Frosting

• A cupcake

• The desert

• Snow

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How can the reader tell this is a narrative poem?

• the poem contains words that appeal to the senses

• the speaker of the poem shares his or her feelings

• the events described in the poem tell a story

• the poem has lines that make the reader laugh

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Read line 2 from the poem-The ground has turned from lush green to bare brown- the poet includes this line to emphasize

• the season changing

• the weather being cold

• the painting

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The description in lines 5-9 helps the reader picture-

• the painting

• the snowy neighborhood

• the summer days

• what it feels like outside

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According to the poem what is a January Canvas?

• a painting

• a neighborhoods scenery in January in

• the park

• snow

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What is the effect of using a simile in a poem?

• It creates a direct comparison without using "like" or "as."

• It makes the text more difficult to understand.

• It allows the poet to make a comparison using "like" or "as," enhancing imagery.

• It introduces a character in the poem.

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