Hold Fast to Dreams

The 'o' sounds in 'Frozen' and 'snow' (in the line "Frozen with snow") are pronounced the same.  They also rhyme with the 'o' sounds in 'Hold,' 'For,' and 'go.'  That is an example of 

• alliteration
• assonance
• consonance
• onomotopoia

The main idea of "Dreams" is ....

• You should be patient in waiting for your dreams.
• Dreams are impossible to achieve.
• Life without dreams is unbearable.
• Dreams are dangerous.

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CCSS.RL.9-10.2

"Life is a broken-winged bird

That cannot fly " is a

• Metaphor

• Snail

• Simile

• Text book

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What does the author want people to do with their dreams?

• Give up their dreams

• Give their dreams to someone else

• Hold fast to dreams

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CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

"Life is a barren field

Frozen with snow" is a

• Simile

• Story

• Metaphor

• Chapter book

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

How many sentences in the first stanza?

Hold fast to dreams

For if dreams die

Life is a broken-winged bird

That cannot fly.

• 4

• 2

• 1

• none

In "Dreams," Hughes compares life without dreams to...

• an eagle on a cliff

• a bird with a broken wing

• a heavy, sagging load

• a raging storm

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

In "Dreams," Hughes's theme concerns with of the following?

• The way to make your dreams come true

• The vital link between dreams and hope

• The foolishness of unrealistic dreams

• The false appeal of dreams of wealth

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

In order to read a poem fluently, which of the following should you do?

• read as rapidly as you can

• look up unfamiliar words in a dictionary

• read the footnotes and definitions

• read in sentences and use punctuation

From the poem Dreams, what meaning does the repeated pattern add to the poem?

• "Hold Fast to dreams" shows just how important it is to take steps to make your dreams a reality

• If you don't dream, you won't be able to live a life full of meaning and hope

• the line frozen with snow shows how you can be still and unable to go forward

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.5