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English
4th
grade
“The Sandpiper, Bat, The Grasshopper Springs...." Check
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- 1. Multiple Choice
What word means the OPPOSITE of outstretched?
closed
empty
filled
open
- 2. Multiple Choice
Which pair of words RHYME?
trail, try
none, day
chart, heart
mail, charm
- 3. Multiple Choice
Which word means almost the SAME as creative?
strong
talented
understood
worried
- 4. Multiple Choice
What does the word brittle mean?
simple to do or try
easily broken or destroyed
horrible to taste or smell
difficult to open or close
- 5. Multiple Choice
Which of the following lines is a simile?
I fell and hurt my arm
She walked to the door
He moved as slowly as a snail
We went to the store with Billy
- 6. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is part of meter in poetry?
length
rhyme
syllables
words
- 7. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is a metaphor?
The mountain was very tall
The party was a swirling tornado
He walked along the path to school
She never had wanted anything more in her life
- 8. Multiple Choice
Reread the poem "Bat."
The poet compares bats to what during the day?
collapsed tents
fall leaves
clear air
birds
- 9. Multiple Choice
What is the theme of the poems, "The Sandpiper" and "Bats"?
How animals change
Animals and their bad habits
Animals have interesting habits and physical traits.
Similarities between animals and people
- 10. Multiple Choice
Reread the poem “Fireflies at Dusk.”
What does the poet compare fireflies to?
cupped hands
tiny lanterns
glowing fingers
street lights
- 11. Multiple Choice
Identify a metaphor from the second stanza of "The Sandpiper."
On toothpick legs
Swift and brittle
He runs and pipes
And his voice is little
- 12. Multiple Choice
Why did the author write the poem "The Sandpiper"?
He wanted everyone to feed sandpipers.
He decided not enough poetry was written about sandpipers.
He was inspired by watching the bird on the beach,
He hadn't watched sandpipers closely enough.
- 13. Multiple Choice
How many lines and syllables in each line does haiku poetry have?
4 lines, and 5 syllables, 7 syllables, 5 syllables, 7 syllables
2 lines, and 5 syllables, 7 syllables
3 lines, and 5 syllables, 7 syllables, 5 syllables
3 lines, and 5 syllables or 7 syllables
- 14. Multiple Choice
Read the following lines from the poem “Bat.”
For juicy June bugs, meaty moths,
Mosquitoes (eaten rare)
Why does the author use alliteration (repetition of beginning sounds)?
To emphasize the prey of bats
To compare bats to their pray
To make rhymes
To make the same vowel sounds
- 15. Multiple Choice
Reread "The Grasshopper Springs". What kind of poem is it?
haiku
lyrical
- 16. Multiple Choice
Which words rhyme in "The Sandpiper"?
tide, wonder
notion, Ocean
legs, pipes
pipes, brittle
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