"Daily" by Naomi Shihab Nye

Which describes the meaning of the lines 18-21?

"This bundle of clothes I wash and hang and wash again

like flags we share, a country so close

no one needs to name it

The days are nouns: touch them"

• The speaker wants life to pass by, and take it for granted.

• They prefer to enjoy life, and make the most of it by working their best.

• The speaker is just a busy person.

• None of the above.

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CCSS.RL.7.1

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CCSS.RL.7.4

What does the lines 16-19 reveal about the speaker’s character?

"This page I type and retype

This table I dust till the scarred wood shines

This bundle of clothes I wash and hang and wash again

like flags we share, a country so close"

• They are very lazy, and make someone do work for them.

• The speaker is working as a maid for someone.

• That they hate doing the work they have to do.

• That the speaker is okay with being busy.

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CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.W.7.9A

Which line supports the theme of the selection?

• “The days are nouns: touch them”

• “These tortillas we slice and fry to crisp strips”

• “... so the name balances like a cloud”

• "This bed whose covers I straighten"

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CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

What could be an negative connotation of "shriveled" in the context of the poem?

• Withered

• Petite

• Young

• Dusty

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CCSS.L.7.5C

CCSS.RL.7.4

What type of poem is “Daily”?

• A free-verse poem.

• Alternate rhyme poem.

• Haiku.

• Limerick.

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CCSS.RL.7.5

What form of figurative language is in the following line:

“The days are nouns: touch them”

• Simile.

• Metaphor.

• Idiom.

• Hyperbole.

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CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

How does the author's description of the speaker's daily life impact the tone of the poem?

• The chores represent a sense of tiredness, and how the speaker wants to stop doing chores.

• The life of the speaker represents how the speaker is determined to do the chores, and sets a motivational output to work hard.

• The chores have no metaphorical meaning to the tone.

• The speaker's chores are meant to represent repetition of the speaker's unbearable life as they are forced to do the chores.

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CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.4

What form of figurative language is in the following line:

"This envelope I address so the name balances like a cloud"

• Metaphor

• Oxymoron

• Simile

• Alliteration

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CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.7.4

What would be a more positive connotation for the word "scarred" as it is used in the poem?

"This table I dust till the scarred wood shines"

• Flawed.

• Warped.

• Traumatized.

• Bent.

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CCSS.L.7.5C

CCSS.RL.7.4