Not My Bones / from Fortune's Bones

In the excerpt from "Fortune's Bones," which organizational pattern best describes the structure the author uses in paragraphs 17–20? (TEK 8.9B)

• A Description

• B Sequence

• C Cause and effect

• D Problem and solution

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CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

Which organizational pattern does the author mainly use in the excerpt from "Fortune's Bones"? (TEK 8.8Diii)

• F Cause and effect

• G Chronological

• H Comparison and contrast

• J Process

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CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

In the excerpt from "Fortune's Bones," why does the author most likely explain what happened to Fortune's body after his death? (TEK 8.9A)

• A To illustrate that enslaved people didn't live long lives

• B To show that slave owners didn't regard their slaves as human beings

• C To emphasize that slave owners were demanding of their slaves, even after death

• D To indicate that enslaved people were owned, even after death

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

In "Not My Bones," which statement is a paraphrase of lines 3-6? (TEK 8.6D)

• F Our bodies are temporary, but our soul lives on after death.

• G Bones only exist until they disintegrate into the ground.

• H Human bones become spiritual molecules after death.

• J Skeletal remains change their form after they decompose.

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CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

In "Not My Bones," the poet uses the word and in line 7 to emphasize that – (TEK 8.9A)

• A once death occurs, the body's molecules live on

• B the body is sacred once death occurs

• C he no longer wants his body

• D once he dies, he is not his body

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CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

Which two responses explain what the author of "Not My Bones" means when she uses the phrase you are not your bones in line 34? (TEK 8.9D)

• F One's soul is more important than one's bones.

• G One's physical form is what matters most.

• H One's mind cannot be defeated even if the bones are damaged.

• J One's body takes precedence over one's bones.

• K One's skeleton can overcome the mind.

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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

In "Not My Bones," the figurative language in line 41 is used to show that - (TEK 8.9D)

• A the speaker is finally freed by his owner

• B in his dreams, the speaker runs away from his owner

• C the speaker is dead

• D in his mind, the speaker is free

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CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

Question 9: In "Not My Bones," the poet uses figurative language to — (TEK 8.9D)

• A show that the speaker has left the anguish of slavery behind

• B illustrate that slavery was acceptable before it was abolished

• C show how the slave despises his owner

• D illustrate how the master controls the slave

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CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

Question 10: Which of the following best explains how Fortune's experience is depicted in the two selections? (TEK 8.6B)

• F In "Fortune's Bones," Fortune doesn't think about freedom, and in "Not My Bones," the speaker only thinks

  about freedom.

• G In "Fortune's Bones," Fortune is tortured, and in "Not My Bones," the speaker is killed by his master.

• H In both selections, Fortune finds a form of freedom.

• J In both selections, Fortune has a better life than most slaves.

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CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

Question 12: WRITTEN RESPONSE.

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(TEK 8.6B, 8.7A)

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