RL 6.4

This question has two parts. First, answer Part A. Then, answer Part B.

Part A

What does the phrase “fell head over heels in love” suggest about the Sun and Moon in paragraph 10 of the passage?

• 1. They realized they loved each other after an injury.

• 1. They embarrassed themselves for love.

• 1. They came to love each other very slowly.

• 1. They knew their love probably would not last.

• 1. They loved each other suddenly and deeply.

Part B

Choose two underlined phrases in paragraph 10 below that best help the reader understand the meaning of “fell head over heels in love.”

  

10      Once very long ago, the Sun and Moon fell head over heels in love and decided that they would marry. For a time, they lived happily together in the sky, but, as sometimes happens, they also discovered the many differences between them. Soon, they began to live apart, with the Moon taking their many sky children, the stars, and the Sun keeping their many earth children, the people and animals.

• very long ago,

• decided that they would marry

• lived happily together

• as sometimes happens

• discovered the many differences

Read paragraphs 2 and 3 from the passage below.

2  Next, Amma took another of his pots, the second biggest, and placed it in an oven to fire it until it was blazingly hot. He wrapped eight rings of white copper around it and hurled it into the sky. Looking at his creation, he proclaimed, “This is the Moon.”

3  While Amma was working, he noticed that some bits of clay had broken off from the pots, so he hurled them into the sky, too. Gazing at them, he proclaimed, “These are the Stars.”

Choose one word to complete the sentence below.

The word “proclaimed” helps to give paragraphs 2 and 3 a(n) ____tone.

• 1. playful

• 1. confident

• 1. angry

Select three ways the phrase “harmonious hooves” in line 12 adds meaning to the poem.

• 
  The phrase has a negative connotation that gives the poem a fearful feeling.

• 1. The phrase tells that the sound of the horses galloping is like music.

• 1. The phrase suggests how all four hooves of a horse must work together.

• 1. The phrase suggests how all four hooves of a horse must work together.The phrase contains alliteration that calls to mind the hoof beats of the horses.

• 1. The phrase suggests that these lines in the poem are intended to be sung aloud.

What impact does the word “gust” have on the meaning of the third stanza?

• 1. It tells readers that the horses have been kept standing in the barn for too long.

• 1. It means that horses stop short as soon as their riders tell them to.

• 1. It makes a comparison between the horses and the powerful force of the wind.   

• 1. It suggests that the horses can set their own speed as they run.

Choose the correct definition that shows how the word "ripple" is used in the poem.

• to breath loudly

• to move in waves

• to slow down

• to flick away

Choose the correct definition that shows how the word "heave" is used in the poem.

• to move slow

• to move in waves

• to breath loudly

• to flick away

Choose the correct definition that shows how the word "swat" is used in the poem.

• to move in wave

• to move slow

• to flick away

• to breath loudly