Question

Read the following passages. Then, answer the following question(s).


Passage 1. The Changing Seasons


The seasons change, a cycle grand,
Spring brings blooms across the land.
Summer follows, warm and bright,
Long days filled with golden light.

5 Autumn's crispness in the air,
Leaves turn vibrant, colors rare.
Winter blankets earth in white,
Quiet stillness, pure delight.

Each season's charm, its own to show,
10 A journey through the year we go.


Passage 2. The Burden of the Seasons

The seasons shift, a restless spin,
Spring stirs pollen on the wind.
Summer marches fierce and bright,
Heavy heat both day and night.

5 Autumn’s chill seeps through the air,
Trees stand bare where leaves once flared.
Winter’s frost grips earth too tight,
Harsh and endless, cold as night.

Each season’s trials ebb and flow,
10 A weary cycle we undergo. Read the lines from The Changing Seasons:

"Quiet stillness, pure delight"

How does adding the suffix -ness to the word still change its part of speech and meaning?

It changes the word to a verb meaning “to remain unmoving.”

It changes the word to a noun meaning “the state of being calm or quiet.”

It changes the word to an adjective meaning “very calm.”

It changes the word to an adverb meaning “in a quiet way.”
Question 5.



Which pair of lines could be added after the final line of either poem to BEST maintain each poem's established rhyme scheme and imagery?

Through every change the skies unfold,
New stories in the breezes told.

The seasons move from cold to heat,
And bring new tasks we must complete.

Flowers dance as warm winds call,
While raindrops gently start to fall.

Storms arrive with thunder loud,
Hiding sunlight behind a cloud.

Though time moves on and moments pass,
Each season fades like shattered glass.

Answer 1

1) It changes the word to a noun meaning “the state of being calm or quiet.”

2) "Through every change the skies unfold, / New stories in the breezes told."

Reason: those two lines form a rhyming couplet that matches the poems' paired-rhyme pattern and continue the seasonal/sky-and-wind imagery used in both poems.