Sketch by Carl Sandburg

Sketch by Carl Sandburg

8th Grade

20 Qs

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Sketch by Carl Sandburg

Sketch by Carl Sandburg

Assessment

Quiz

English

8th Grade

Hard

CCSS
L.7.5A, RL.4.3, L.3.3A

+5

Standards-aligned

Created by

Lillian Gifford

FREE Resource

20 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How many stanzas are in the poem, "Sketch"?

2

4

13

There are no stanzas

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How many lines are in the poem, "Sketch"?

4

13

There are no lines

16

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Is this poem a Free Verse poem or a Traditional poem?

Free Verse

Traditional

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In the poem 'Sketch' by Carl Sandburg, what is the main subject of the poem?

The movement of the tide

The shadows of the ships

The color of the sky

The sound of the waves

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Fill in the blank: 'A long brown bar at the dip of the sky / Puts an arm of ____ in the span of salt.'

sand

cloud

water

grass

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which type of imagery does the author use to describe the movement of the water in the line, "The lucid and endless wrinkles/Draw in, lapse and withdraw/Wavelets crumble and white spent bubbles/Wash on the floor of the beach"?

Sight

Sound

Smell

Touch

7.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt


Which is line below is an example of personification?

in the low blue lustre

of the tardy and the soft inrolling tide.

a long brown bar at the dip of the sky

puts an arm of sand in the span of salt

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.7.4

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