Memoirs- Mississippi Solo and Polar Dream

What element reveals that this selection is a memoir?

• figurative language
• sequence of events
• first person pronouns
• sentence fragments

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CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

What evidence in the text supports inferences about the author's past?

• Too many marvelous days in a row and you begin to get used to it.
• I guess I'd had enough hard days to last me for a while
• Each change had something to say and I listened to the river.
• Nothing else mattered then.  Going someplace or not

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CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

The author regards the river as

• a friend
• an obstacle
• an ispiration
• a threat

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CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.8.6

How did the author first know that a storm was approaching?

• The river was changing colors.

• The river whispered to him, "Get ready."

• He felt the river dip down and up.

• He passed through a pocket of thin dry air.

Which of the following is an example of the author's use of simile?

• The river kept me company and kept me satisfied.  Nothing else mattered.
• I passed through the far curtain of the insulated air.
• The tips of the trees bent way over...like fising rods hooked on a big one.
• The trees swooshed loudly as the leaves and branches brushed hard together.

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

As the storm approached, the author intended to head for shore.  Why did he turn into the trees instead?

• He thought that the trees would provide better shelter.
• He was afraid there would not be time to reach the shore.
• The river spoke to him and grabbed the end of his canoe.
• The shoreline had been pushed back through the trees.

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CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

An avalanche moves

• slowly
• haltingly
• smoothly
• rapidly

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

When you insulate something, you

• move it to another location.
• keep heat from passing through it.
• fill it with water.
• make it more important.

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Personification is...

• comparing using "like" or "as"
• giving human traits to nonhuman things
• saying things are like other things
• using the same beginning sound in several words in one line

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CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Which of the following describes a memoir?

• an informational article

• historical fiction

• realistic fiction written in 1st person

• a factual account of the author's life written in 1st person

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CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10