7 ELAR Formative 7.8A
Some questions (c) 2012 by NWEA.
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“Dandelions”
As a child, I watched my father
pull that bright yellow flower.
A weed, he said it was.
“They send their roots down
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deep and strong. Dandelions!”
Well, I wondered, what’s so wrong with that?
That brilliant splash of color
outside my window
made me happy.
10 “They grow, and then they spread.
Before you know it,” he said,
“you’ve got a patch of ‘em,
taking over everything.”
Today, they told me we are moving,
15 far across the country,
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leaving this place we’ve called home.
My roots are deep in this earth.
I have flourished in this garden.
Like the dandelion,
20 my strength will fade
to nothing, and I fear
the world will never see
my bright yellow blossom.
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1
There is enough information in the
3
poem “Dandelions” to tell that
A
Read the following line from the
poem.
the narrator knows a lot about
“My roots are deep in this earth.”
gardening.
B
the narrator feels sad.
C
the narrator is a girl.
What literary device is present in
the line?
D the narrator lives in a large city.
A
metaphor
B
alliteration
C
irony
D simile
2
Read Lines 7–9 from
“Dandelions.”
That brilliant splash of color outside
my window made me happy.
4
What does the speaker mean
when referring to “this garden”?
What literary device is used in the
lines?
F
simile
G personification
F
nature
G home
H a flower bed
J
a patch of dandelions
H hyperbole
J
imagery
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5
Read Lines 20 through 23 from
“Dandelions.”
my strength will fade
to nothing, and I fear
the world will never see
my bright yellow blossom.
In these lines, there is a
comparison between the narrator
and
A
the world.
B
the color yellow.
C
strength.
D a flower.
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In “Dandelions,” the poet creates
sympathy for the child mostly by
F
linking the child to the dandelions.
G placing the child in an outdoor
setting.
H revealing the father’s and child’s
love of gardening.
J
showing the father’s unwillingness
to talk to the child.
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