2007 ela passage 3

Read this line from the poem:

(keep your bikes on your own side)

The space in this line is most likely used to:

• show how fences separate people

• create a sense of irritation

• show that two people are talking

• suggest the speaker is confused

The placement of the word "FENCE" in the poem indicates:

• what a fence looks like

• where a fence should be

• how a fence divides space

• why some people like fences

Read these lines from the poem about a row of saplings:

a ragged row of curving stems
(of rough sweet bark),

of vining twines

and branching tangles,

These lines suggest the saplings are different from a fence because they:

• take up more space than a fence

• look more interesting than a fence

• can be more dangerous than a fence

• are more difficult to care for than a fence

The poet most likely includes birds in the poem to indicate that they:

• build their nests with leaves

• happily share space in the trees

• bring noise to their surroundings

• quickly move into friendly neighborhoods

Which example of repetition in the poem best suggests a sense of sharing?

• to tell the street / where the street should be

• that side's you / this side's me

• raising a row of sapling green / a ragged row of curving stems

• tree to tree / tree to tree