"Daily" by Naomi Shihab Nye
Authored by Amber Jones
English
7th - 8th Grade
CCSS covered
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
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.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.7.5
CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RL.7.10
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
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.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.7.5
CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RL.7.4
3.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
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.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.7.5
CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RL.7.10
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
What could be an negative connotation of "shriveled" in the context of the poem?
Withered
Petite
Young
Dusty
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CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.7.5
CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RL.7.10
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
What type of poem is “Daily”?
A free-verse poem.
Alternate rhyme poem.
Haiku.
Limerick.
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CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.7.5
CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RL.7.4
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
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.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RL.7.10
CCSS.RL.7.4
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
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.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.7.5
CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RL.7.10
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