With a Little Help From my Friends

Which of these sentences from “With a Little Help From My Friends” uses hyperbole?

• My friends considered visiting their grandmothers in Oregon to be a long trip, so visiting me in Iran was like taking a left turn at the next moon.
  
• "It's a Persian cat," she said. That was news to us; the only cats we had ever seen back home were the mangy strays that ate scraps behind people's houses.
  
• "Now I won't bore you with religion," he said, "but let me tell you about the petroleum industry.

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CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4

Which of these sentences from  contains a simile?

• Often kids tried to be funny by chanting, "I ran to I-ran, I ran to I-ran."
•  tried my best to be a worthy representative of my homeland, but, like a Hollywood celebrity relentlessly pursued by paparazzi, I sometimes got tired of the questions.
• My life became one long-running Oprah show, minus the free luxury accommodations in Chicago, and Oprah
  

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CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4

What is the meaning of the Latin prefix inter-?

• behind
• around
• in front of
• between

How can you tell this is a memoir?

• Tells about her whole life
• Tells about someone else's life
• Tells about a brief period in her life
• Tells about her mother's life

What does proximity mean?

• far away
• being near or close
• split in half
• on top of something

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CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.4B

What did the author's mother do before they left to go back to Iran?

• Tried to talk her husband into not going
• When shopping to bring as much American stuff back to Iran as possible
• Gave all her friends and neighbors gifts
• Visited all her family

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

Define correspondents

• Person who translates speech
• Person who writes letters or files reports for a news organization
• Person who loves to talk on the phone
• Person who drives for a living

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CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.4B

What tone does the author have throughout her memoir

• sad
• angry
• mysterious
• humorous

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CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Which aspect of social and historical context are presented in “With a Little Help From My Friends”?

• customs
• sports
• music
• food

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.W.8.9A

Who would need an interpreter?

• a English speaking teacher talking to an English speaking student
• two strangers on the street that walk by each other
• A new immigrant to this country who doesn't speak the language
• A person who speaks the language in the country they live