1) What is the most likely reason the poet refers to the tree as a "tower" in lines 18 and 29 of the poem "Maple Street"? a) To suggest the age of the tree that the speaker climbs b) To highlight what objects the speaker enjoys sketching c) To reveal the location of the tree in the speaker's neighborhood d) To emphasize the height from which the speaker observes the neighborhood 2) What does emphasize mean? a) to communicate b) to exaggerate c) to give special importance to d) to reveal 3) Based on stanza 1 (lines 1-13) of the poem, the speaker most likely feels- a) uncertain about taking the chocolate Jamie Hamlin shares b) surprised to learn the street is named for Jamie Hamlin's tree c) thankful to have Jamie Hamlin as a neighbor d) jealous of the store Jamie Hamlin's family owns 4) Which lines from the poem support the idea that the speaker does not wish to be seen looking at others? a) like I said, there's his tree (lines 12-13) b) with my sketchbook and colored pencils (lines 14-15) c) I can see the whole neighborhood. (lines 30-31) d) hidden by these green and paper leaves (lines 33-34) 5) Read lines 1-3 from the poem: There's no doubt where our street found it's name: These lines suggest that the speaker thinks- a) the maple tree is the most noticeable object on the street b) streets should be named after features found near them c) the street originally had a different name d) people disagree about the meaning of the street's name 6) What is a stanza? a) paragraph in a poem b) paragraph in a story c) a line 7) What is repetition? a) to emphasize b) to exaggerate c) to repeat 8) What are sensory details? a) imagery b) a detail in writing that describes what is seen, heard, smelled, tasted, or touched c) a warning or indication 9) Giving non-human objects human qualities a) repetition b) idiom c) simile d) personification 10) Extreme exaggeration a) hyperbole b) idiom c) simile d) metaphor

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