My Tongue is Divided in Two Review

My Tongue is Divided in Two Review

Let's review this poem to check for understanding. The questions you see today are similar to what you will see on the unit test. Ask questions if you are still confused!

Understanding Tone

The next slide is a Khan Academy Video that discusses Tone. If you are still struggling to understand it check this out. If not you can skip it and move to the review questions.

Multiple Choice

What tone is developed throughout the poem?

• Gullible

• Excited

• Confused

• Pathetic

Multiple Choice

Select a detail from the poem that best supports the tone identified in question 1.

• “My tongue is divided by nature” (12)

• “drowning in a language that lives, jumps, translates” (11)

• “I like my tongue...it says what feels right” (41-42)

• “one wants to curse and sing out loud” (15)

Are you confused about why “drowning in a language that lives, jumps, translates” (11) is the right answer?

This is the best choice that shows he is struggling with the division. "drowning" is the key word. All of the other choices less clearly show his confusion.

Tension: Tension is that element in a novel that evokes emotions such as worry, anxiety, fear and stress on the part of both the reader and the characters in a novel. ... tension can be compared to an electrical current that runs through a story.

Multiple Choice

Which phrase creates tension?

• He describes his words as “stepping on each other.” (4)

• He describes his tongue as “enjoying being a voice for the message.” (5)

• He explains his tongue is “cut up into equal pieces.” (14)

• He says “I like my tongue.” (41)

Multiple Choice

Part A: What is the cultural experience revealed in the poem?

• A mother teaching her child a new language.

• A mother frustrated at her child for not accepting his culture.

• An immigrant enjoying the challenge of learning a new language.

• An immigrant experiencing speaking a new language.

Multiple Choice

Part B: Select the detail from the text that BEST supports your response to Part A.

• “enjoying being a voice for the message” (5)

• “one side likes to party, the other one takes refuge in praying (18-19)

• “I like my tongue (41)

• “it says what feels right” (42)

Multiple Choice

What is the impact of the repetition of the phrase “My tongue is divided into two” throughout the poem? (RL.2.4)

• It draws attention to the joys of learning a new language.

• It emphasizes the inner conflict of learning a new language.

• It conveys the sense of pity for those who speak multiple languages.

• It explains the contrast between those who speak one language with those who speak two.