Word Meaning and Other Stuff
What do we call words like bark, yelp, yip, and howl?
Onomatopoeia
2. Choose the sentence that best describe the main idea of paragraph 3 of the article.
D. Most dogs found at a shelter are mixed breed rather than purebred dogs.
What is the GENRE of the first text?
Non-Fiction/Informational
How many stanzas are in My Kind of Dog?
7
What did the child in the poem name his/her dog?
Fuzz
Why did the author of "The Dog for You" include the Table 2?
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What is the GENRE of the second text?
Poetry
5. Who is the speaker of the poem?
B. Mom's child
6. Look at the underlined word on line 20 of the poem. Which other line helps the reader define the word from context?
B. Line 18
Tell something important about the structure of the poem, My Kind of Dog.
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11. Which section of the article contains information similar to these lines of the poem?
C. Section 3: What can I expect at the shelter?
Name one of the headings in "The Dog for You"
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6. Look at the underlined word in line 20 of the poem. Which other line helps the reader define the word from context?
C. Line 19
1. What is the likely reason the author includes information on her own dog in paragraph 4?
A. The author shares her experience to encourage the reader to adopt a shelter dog.
10. According to the information in the poem and article, with which statement would the poet and author most likely agree?
B. A rescue shelter is a good place to adopt a dog.
7. In short line 10, the speaker says of the fuzzy thing, "That thing's weird." Which of the other short lines shows when the speaker decides to adopt Fuzz?
C. 25
4. Read the definition of the underlined word relinquished in paragraph 11 and the sentence in paragraph 2. Which word best describes an animal that is relinquished?
B. abandoned
8. What does it likely mean when the speaker stops calling the small dog "a fuzzy I -don't know-what" and " a fuzzy thing" and names the dog "Fuzzy" and "Fuzz" in stanza 4 and 5?
D. The speaker is beginning to like the dog.
9. Which dog breed mentioned in line 12 of the poem "My Kind of Dog" is NOT listed in the article, "The Dog for You," Table 1, MOst Popular Dog Breeds of 2013?
A. Collie
3. What is the most likely reason for using questions as headers in the article? (for example, HOW WILL I KNOW WHICH DOG IS FOR ME?)
C. A person choosing a dog might ask these questions.