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Type: Multiple-Choice
Category: Colons and Semicolons
Level: Grade 9
Standards: CCRA.R.5, RL.9-10.5
Author: szeiger
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Grade 9 Colons and Semicolons CCSS: CCRA.R.5, RL.9-10.5

"The sun was shining on the sea,
Shining with all his might:
He did his very best to make
The billows smooth and bright --
And this was odd, because it was
The middle of the night."

In which line of this stanza does the poet use a colon?
  1. Line 1
  2. Line 2
  3. Line 5
  4. Line 6