Grade 6 Lesson 2 ELA

What is the most likely reason the author wrote this article?

• to describe a football game
• to explain how he became a writer
• to describe a small town in Pennsylvania
• to explain why he loved football as a child

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To support his main purpose, the author uses

• dialogue
• fantasy
• humor
• myths

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Which detail does the author use to show his determination to succeed as a writer?

• He could not stop thinking about the football game.
• He forgot about his poem until he saw it in the newspaper.
• He kept writing novels, even though no one would publish them.
• He decided to write about the chicken bones from the kid’s point of view.

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In the poem “Goal to Go”, the coach urges the team to crash the Hall of Fame. What is the coach telling the team to do?

• forget the Hall of Fame
• drive into the Hall of Fame building
• play well enough to get into the Hall of Fame
• learn how to play the game from older players

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Which line from the poem “Goal to Go” is an example of hyperbole, or exaggeration for dramatic effect?

• “His legs were jet-propelled” 
• “Will do, as long as we’re alive”
• “The Ace attack employed all tricks” 
• “But when the light shone on the ball”

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Read these lines from the poem “Goal to Go” from the article.
But Branca, swearing on his soul, “You shall not pass by me.”
What do the lines above tell you about Branca?

• He was a very religious person. 
• He was trying to catch the pass.
• He was the best player on the team.
• He was determined to stop the runner.

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The author is best known for writing fiction for young people. Why would his audience be more interested in the chicken bone tale as told from the point of view of the child?

• They would understand the words the character uses.
• They would be able to relate better to the main character
• They would understand why the character is upset with his stepfather. 
• They would be more likely to laugh at a character closer to their age.

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How can you tell that the chicken bone tale is written from the point of view of the child?

• The speaker uses first-person pronouns such as I and my.
• The speaker tells what occurs in the story in chronological order. 
• The speaker describes the action of the story using many details.
• The speaker is dragged out of bed by his stepfather and is on summer vacation.

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The author says that writing the chicken bone tale from the child’s point of view was more interesting to him. What is a reason he continued to write from a child’s point of view?

• Stories about children were easier to write.
• He thought this would make readers like his work better
• There were many more details from his “kidhood” to use.
• Nobody else at that time was writing novels for young readers. 

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Why does the author of “Knots in My Yo-yo String” say that he rummages through the attic of his memories when he writes?

• to help readers understand how difficult he finds writing
• to tell in a humorous way that he has old things in his attic
• to explain that he uses his own experiences to write his stories
• to describe how he looks through things in his attic to find story ideas

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