"I wish I was a Poet"

28 What is the primary purpose of paragraph 1 and 11?

• To show how the narrator's viewpoint changes

• To frame the story with the narrator's primary conflict

• To contrast the narrator's opinion with Marge's opinion

• To highlight the resolution of the narrator's conflict

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CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

29. In paragraph 6, what is the effect of the author's use of figurative language?

• It highlights the old couple's naivete'.

• It reveals the clerk's confusion.

• It shows how reluctant the old man is to pay.

• It emphasize the tension of the scene.

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CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

30. Which sentence best supports the idea that the old couple is still in love after many years?

• No, they were white, and you've never seen such a couple in your life--a man and his wife, and they must have been in their seventies.

• Marge, he was lookin' at her like every woman on earth dreams of bein' looked at, and her eyes were doin' the same thing back at him.

• They started over toward the elevator and then the old lady turned away from the man and made her way over to the receptionist's desk.

• The couple smiled in such a dignified way, and it seemed like they hadn't noticed a thing.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

31. The narrator faces a major conflict over how to --

• capture the beauty and essence of the story she is relating

• communicate effectively with Marge

• succeed in becoming a writer

• find happiness like that shared by the old couple

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CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

32. By having the narrator tell the story to Marge, the author allows the reader to function as --

• a firsthand witness

• a second storyteller

• a third-party observer

• an informed participant

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CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.1.6

33. The author uses ellipses primarily to --

• give the story a conversational tone.

• make the reader think that the story will have an unexpected ending.

• indicate that the narrator is judgemental.

• imply that the reader should act as a participant in the events of the story.

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3