Daily Reading Comprehension Week 1 Day 5: Cowboy Poetry

Daily Reading Comprehension Week 1 Day 5: Cowboy Poetry

Assessment

Passage

English

8th Grade

Hard

Created by

Shannon Ballou

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4 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The original cowboy poets based their poetry style on______.

country music songs

traditional poetry

experiences from city life

art and music festivals

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

From the passage, you can predict that in the future, ___________.

cowboy poetry will become as popular as it once was.

more people will choose to become cowboys

National Poetry Month will exclude cowboy poetry

people will continue to write and appreciate cowboy poetry.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which of these was a typical topic of historical cowboy poetry?

poetry festivals

benefits of technology

the Civil War

the western landscape

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Cowboy poetry is most likely still being written today because _____.

there are still many working cowboys in the United States.

country musicians need cowboy poems in order to write songs.

many people are working hard to promote cowboy poetry.

poets want to show their lyrical skills