Predators

What is the setting of the poem 'Predators'?

• In a desert

• In a forest

• In a city

• In a garden

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

What is the main theme of the poem 'Predators'?

• The beauty of gardens

• The relationship between wild and domestic animals

• The importance of farming

• The history of foxes

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CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

What literary device is prominently used in the poem to describe the animals?

• Alliteration

• Personification

• Simile

• Metaphor

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

What does the speaker hope for while watching the animals?

• To capture them

• To see them fight

• To understand their behavior

• To keep them away from the garden

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

What does the poem suggest about the coexistence of wild and domestic animals?

• They will always be in conflict

• They can learn from each other

• They prefer to stay apart

• They cannot live together

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

Throughout the poem, the fox is presented as an animal that is---

• friendly to cats and dogs

• clever and waits until evening to strike its prey

• domesticated

• not familiar with wild nature

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

Read these lines from the poem.

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Oh, give me strength to watch their sorry

looks as a bevy of vixen

feed on a much smaller body

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These lines help the reader understand that the speaker---

• feels distressed about the fox preying on her pets

• would prefer if the fox feed on her cats

• has a deep appreciation for foxes

• wants to observe as the fox preys on her domestic animals

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

Which definition best matches the way the word scent is used in line 1?

• definition 1

• definition 2

• definition 3

• definition 4

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.4

When the speaker in “Predators” says, “In sun the fox / bows to my feline,” what does she mean?

• the foxes take a bow

• the fox does not approach when the cats and dogs are around

• the fox attacks during the day

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

In “Predators,” whose “sorry looks” is the speaker watching at the end of the poem?

• the dogs'

• the cats'

• the foxes'

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4