'The Brook' by Alfred, Lord Tennyson

Keep track of the correct answers.....the colors are the code!

• Blue

• Aqua

• Yellow

• Red

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

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What is the meaning of the word "steal" in stanza 10

• to move quickly

• to splash

• to crash

• to stop

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CCSS.RI.5.4

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

In the poem "The Brook," the author describes the path of the brook as ______

• around a mountain

• from its source to its end

• on its way over a waterfall

• through a busy city

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

According to the poem, you could probably find the brook on a dark night by _____.

• stumbling into it

• smelling it

• feeling around in the dark

• hearing its murmur

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

All of the following lines in the poem show personification of the brook except.....

• I move the sweet forget-me-nots

• I slip, I slide, I gloom, I glance

• I linger by my shingly bars

• But I go on for ever.

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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 overall tone of the poem “The Brook” by Alfred, Lord Tennyson?

• Angry and frustrated

• Cheerful and lively

• Bored and uninterested

• Scared and nervous

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CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5