"Hanging Fire" & "Translating Grandfather's House"- Stephanie Osorio & Destiny Moore.

What is the central idea of Hanging Fire?

• Ketchup and mustard

• Her birthday

• Her childhood experience

• Her home environment

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Which relative does not pay attention to the main character?

• The door

• The dog

• Her bestfriend

• Her mother

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

When she states "my skin has betrayed me" what kind of verb mood is this?

• Conditional

• Indicative

• Subjunctive

• Interrogative

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Which statement presents a main way in which "Hanging Fire" and "Translating Grandfather's House" are similar in theme?

• Both poems focus on the absence of a caring mother.
• Both poems focus on the frustrations of a teenager's life.
• Both poems focus on the fears that people have about the future.
• Both poems focus on the difference between imagination and reality.

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CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RI. 9-10.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

The speaker of “Hanging Fire” begins by saying, “I am fourteen / and my skin has betrayed me.” What does the choice of the word betrayed most likely indicate about the personality of the speaker?

• She does not trust people.

• She feels that life wants to trouble her.

• She cannot understand why she has problems.

• She wishes that she were something other than human.

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10