1. Read the poem.
Drip drop, plip plop
like a shower faucet
Rain pours from the sky
our noses pressed flat
against the window
The sky is an aquarium
Which line from the poem contains a metaphor?
A. Drip drop, plip plop
B. like a shower faucet
C. against the window
D. The sky is an aquarium
2. Read the poem "The Snake" by Emily Dickinson.
A narrow fellow in the grass
Occasionally rides;
You may have met him, — did you not,
His notice sudden is.
The grass divides as with a comb,
A spotted shaft is seen;
And then it closes at your feet
And opens further on.
He likes a boggy acre,
A floor too cool for corn.
Yet when a child, and barefoot,
I more than once, at morn,
Have passed, I thought, a whip-lash
Unbraiding in the sun, —
When, stooping to secure it,
It wrinkled, and was gone.
Several of nature's people
I know, and they know me;
I feel for them a transport
Of cordiality;
But never met this fellow,
Attended or alone,
Without a tighter breathing,
And zero at the bone.
Which statement best describes Dickinson’s use of figurative language in the final stanza?
A. She uses comparisons to show the speaker’s connection to the snake .
B. She uses a simile to show that snakes are harmless creatures .
C. She uses a metaphor to describe the movement of the snake.
D. She uses exaggeration to emphasize the speaker’s fear of snakes.
3. Which word best describes the mood of the story "Seventh Grade"?
A. miserable
B. awkward
C. joyful
D. victorious
4. In the story "Seventh Grade,” how do Victor’s hopes and expectations about Teresa at the beginning of the school day compare with his hopes and expectations about Teresa at the end of the school day?
A. His hopes and expectations are exactly the same at the end of the day.
B. His hopes and expectations are completely different at the end of the day.
C. His hopes and expectations are strengthened by the end of the day.
D. His hopes and expectations are weakened by the end of the day.
5. Read the excerpt from "Seventh Grade.”
Mr. Bueller looked at Victor and Victor looked back. Oh, please don’t say anything, Victor pleaded with his eyes. . . . Mr. Bueller shuffled through the papers on his desk. He smiled and hummed as he sat down to work. He remembered his college years when he dated a girlfriend in borrowed cars.
How does Mr. Bueller’s decision not to embarrass Victor advance the plot of the story?
A. It adds to the conflict because Victor will have to admit to Teresa that he doesn’t speak French.
B. It leads to a resolution by making Victor look good in front of Teresa and giving him an opportunity to be close to her.
C. It creates a turning point for Mr. Bueller because it helps him end his problem with Victor’s classroom behavior.
D. It develops the exposition by showing what middle school teachers and classes are really like.
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