Question

from “Silkweed”
by Philip Henry Savage

1 Softly, as if instinct with thought,
2 They float and drift, delay and turn;
3 And one avoids and one is caught,
4 Between an oak-leaf and a fern.

Use the excerpt to answer the question.
How many syllables are in each line of the excerpt?
A. 4
B. 6
C. 8
D. 10

“Cynthia in the Snow”
by Gwendolyn Brooks

1 It SUSHES.
2 It hushes
3 The loudness in the road.
4 It flitter-twitters,
5 And laughs away from me.
6 It laughs a lovely whiteness,
7 And whitely whirs away,
8 To be
9 Some otherwhere,
10 Still white as milk or shirts.
11 So beautiful it hurts.
Use the poem to answer the question.
What type of figurative language is used in line 10?
A. metaphor
B. simile
C. personification
D. rhythm

“Cynthia in the Snow”
by Gwendolyn Brooks

1 It SUSHES.
2 It hushes
3 The loudness in the road.
4 It flitter-twitters,
5 And laughs away from me.
6 It laughs a lovely whiteness,
7 And whitely whirs away,
8 To be
9 Some otherwhere,
10 Still white as milk or shirts.
11 So beautiful it hurts.
Use the poem to answer the question.
What does the figurative language in line 10 mean?
A. Before they are worn, clean white shirts are as white as milk.
B. Clean white shirts and milk are both white.
C. Newly fallen snow is as soft and fresh as a clean shirt and milk.
D. Newly fallen snow is just as white as a clean white shirt and milk.

“Cynthia in the Snow”
by Gwendolyn Brooks

1 It SUSHES.
2 It hushes
3 The loudness in the road.
4 It flitter-twitters,
5 And laughs away from me.
6 It laughs a lovely whiteness,
7 And whitely whirs away,
8 To be
9 Some otherwhere,
10 Still white as milk or shirts.
11 So beautiful it hurts.
Use the poem to answer the question.
Use context clues to help determine the best meaning of the word whirs in line 7.
A. short turning
B. slow swish
C. long creak
D. fast alarm

Answer 1

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Answer 2

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Answer 3

number 1 is C

Answer 4

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Answer 6

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