Fireside Poets

Question 5 • GA-GSE English Language Arts 11

How does Lowell’s word choice support his theme?

Answer

Lowell uses words such as “nest,” “lark,” and “songbirds” to inform the reader about birds.

Lowell mentions specific birds and uses words such as “passion” to show how slowly life moves.

Lowell uses words such as “song-birds,” “passion,” and “impatience” to suggest that life is brief and should be lived passionately.

Explanation

Words such as “song-birds” evoke the beauty and energy of life, while “passion” and “impatience” suggest living with urgency and intensity. Together, these choices support the theme that life is brief and should be lived passionately. Choice A focuses only on identifying birds, and choice B suggests life moves slowly, which does not match the urgency in the word “impatience.”

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