9.10 SBAC Poetry Questions

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#1 - What can the reader infer that the poem is about? Support your answer with details from the poem. Claim sentence starter: I can infer this poem is about...

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#2 - Which of these best describes why the author begins each line with the word ”To”?

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#3 - The first and last lines tell the poet’s age most likely to highlight -

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#4 - Which line from the poem lets the reader know the poet wishes this time would not come to an end?

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#5 - Read line 7 from the poem.....To the peaceful lake that was a mirror of our shining smiles.....What mood does the line create?

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#6 - Details in the poem let the reader know that the “burning wood” is -

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#7 - Read the sentence from the poem...To the bright light of the stars scattered in the night sky...What does the word scattered most likely mean?

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#8 - What inference can be made about what the speaker thinks?

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We can infer the speaker misses being 7 years old. Support this inference using details from the poem.