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Grade 9 Jabberwocky CCSS: CCRA.R.4, CCRA.L.5, RL.9-10.4, L.9-10.5
What literacy device is the word "snicker-snack" an example of?
  1. Alliteration
  2. Onomatopoeia
  3. Rhythm
  4. Symbolism
Grade 9 The Bells
The deepest sounding and monotone bells were used in which situation?
  1. The fire
  2. The wedding
  3. The funeral
Grade 9 The Bells
What is the last image of the poem?
  1. A man lying by the grave of his lost love
  2. A woman being carried off by angels
  3. A sunset
Grade 9 Poetry
What does the phrase "my heart leaps up..." mean in the following lines?

"My heart leaps up when I behold
A rainbow in the sky..."
  1. His heart is beating fast.
  2. He is getting old.
  3. He doesn't like nature.
  4. He is very happy.
Grade 9 The Bells
How is the repetition of the words “the bells” intended to be heard?
  1. Create a ringing sound
  2. Annoying
  3. Like singing
Grade 9 Analysis of Baseball
In "Analysis of Baseball," the words dud, thwack, and pow are an example of which sound device?
  1. alliteration
  2. assonance
  3. consonance
  4. onomatopoeia
Grade 9 The Bells

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To which of the five senses do these lines from "The Bells" appeal?
How they tinkle, tinkle, tinkle
In the icy air of night!
While the stars, the oversprinkle
All the heavens, seem to twinkle
with a crystalline delight
  1. sight and smell
  2. taste and touch
  3. sight, hearing and touch
  4. hearing and taste
Grade 9 Jabberwocky
In which stanza does the poem change from scary and adventurous to more joyful and triumphant?
  1. Stanza one
  2. Stanza four
  3. Stanza five
  4. Stanza seven
Grade 9 I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud
Which of these lines from the poem, " I wandered lonely as a cloud," is an example of a simile?
  1. "I wandered lonely as a cloud..."
  2. "They stretched in never-ending line..."
  3. "....Tossing their heads in sprightly dance."
  4. "I gazed-and gazed-but little thought..."
Grade 9 Jabberwocky CCSS: CCRA.L.4, L.9-10.4
Which reading strategy can you use to understand the nonsense words in the poem?
  1. Context clues
  2. Visualize
  3. Sound out the word
  4. Use prior knowledge
Grade 9 Analysis of Baseball
Which of the following sound devices appear in these lines from "Analysis of Baseball"?

Ball hits
bat, or it
hits mitt.
  1. alliteration only
  2. alliteration and assonance
  3. onomatopoeia only
  4. onomatopoeia and consonance
Grade 9 Jabberwocky CCSS: CCRA.R.5, RL.9-10.5
Stanzas 1 and 7 best demonstrate which literary technique?
  1. Rhyme
  2. Repetition
  3. Alliteration
  4. Imagery
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