Grass / Carl Sandburg

Test Practice

Identify Author’s Purpose

With your partner, discuss how to answer these questions about an author’s purpose and point of view.

1. What does Sandburg hope to do with this poem?
a. explain the importance of grass to reconstruction efforts
b. describe the changes that take place on a battlefield
c. express his feelings about war
d. persuade readers to let grass heal a wounded nation


What is the correct answer to the question above? How did the information you gathered while reading help you eliminate incorrect answers?

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