Think about the poem- do you think Billy Collins likes when students pick apart a poem to try to figure out what it means? Explain your answer using an evidence from the poem.
Billy Collins

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English
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8th Grade
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Hard
Sarah Williams
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1.
OPEN ENDED QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
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2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
In stanza 2, Collins asks the reader of a poem to "press an ear against its hive." A hive is where bees live and make honey and wax. So if that metaphor compares a poem to a hive, what similarity (a sameness) is Collins wanting us to see?
the noisiness of bees and the noise in a poem.
the work of bees making honey and the work of a poet writing a poem.
the action and sounds in a hive and the action and sounds in a poem.
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Choose the correct punctuation
Do you know Billy Collins's poem "On Turning Ten," she asked.
"Do you know Billy Collins's poem On Turning Ten", she asked.
"Do you know Billy Collins's poem 'On Turning Ten'?" she asked.
She asked if "you know Billy Collin's poem 'On Turning Ten'".
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Read the following line: "I say drop a mouse into a poem and watch him probe his way out." Thinking from the speaker's perspective, a mouse could be symbolic for--
a house infested with diseased rodents
a difficult maze
the speaker
a concept or an idea working its way to the forefront
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Read the following stanza:
"I want them to waterski
across the surface of a poem
waving at the author's name on the shore."
The speaker most likely intends for his audience to take note of the author because--
the reader should quickly scan the poem one time before beginning to paraphrase it
the reader should slowly skim the poem to unpack the figurative language embedded in each line
if the reader recalls and understands the author's background, it may shed light on the poem's meaning
everything in a poem is subject to being tested
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What is a common theme in Billy Collins' poetry?
A) The complexity of human emotions
B) The simplicity of everyday life
C) The intricacies of political systems
D) The mysteries of the universe
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
In Billy Collins' poem 'Introduction to Poetry,' what does the speaker want the reader to do with a poem?
A) Analyze it line by line
B) Memorize it
C) Experience it playfully
D) Ignore it
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