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QuizMultiple Choice

Action and Rhyme in a Poem about a Female Civil War Hero

Question 5 • GA-English Language Arts 8

Read the excerpt from the poem "Barbara Frietchie.”Under his slouched hat left and rightHe glanced: the old flag met his sight."Halt!”— the dust-brown ranks stood fast. "Fire!”— out blazed the rifle-blast.

Answer
A
They foreshadow what will happen next.
B
They move the action forward with dialogue.
C
They stop the movement of the poem.
D
They describe the sound of Jackson's voice.
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