Hope Is a Thing with Feathers

Which of the following states the overall metaphor of the poem?

• "I've heard it in the chillest land"
• "It asked a crumb--of Me."
• "And sore must be the storm--"
• "'Hope' is the thing with feathers--"
  

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What type of figure of speech is this quote? "Yet, never in Extremity, It asked a crumb--of Me"

• simile
• metaphor
• onomatopoeia
• personification

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Which of the following quotations includes an example of alliteration?

• "And on the strangest Sea--"
  
• "It asked a crumb--of Me"
• "That could abash the little Bird"
• "Yet, never, in Extremity"

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CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Why does Dickinson say that "Hope is a thing with feathers?"

• She's stating that Hope is ugly
• She is saying that Hope is mutating into a new creature
• She is comparing Hope to a bird
  
• She is saying that Hope is trying to make itself beautiful

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

According to the first 2 stanzas, when does Hope sing the sweetest? 

• when there is something to hope for
• when life is stormy and difficult
• when life is over
• when life is a bird

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

All of the following tell the reader WHERE hope is found EXCEPT:

• "I've heard it in the chillest land"
• "And on the strangest sea"
• "That kept so many warm"
• "That perches in the soul"

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Which of the following is an appropriate tone for the poem?

• comforting
  
• mysterious
• confusing
• exciting

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

All of the following are things that Hope does EXCEPT:

• "that could abash the little bird"
  
• "sings the tunes without the words"
• "kept so many warm"
• "perches in the soul"

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

Which is the appropriate rhyme scheme for the 2nd stanza?
And sweetest in the gale is heard;
And sore must be the storm
That could abash the little bird
That kept so many warm.

• ABCB
• CECE
• FGGG
• ABCD

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

The theme of the text is the ______________  of a text.

• central idea
• summary
• plot
• characterization

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2