"Hope" & "Washington's Prayer..."

What does the poet describe as the "thing with feathers?"

• life

• song

• hope

• soul

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

The poet uses the words "gale" and "storm" as metaphors. What might these words represent?

• Times of bad weather

• hard or painful times

• pleasant times

• times of success and growth

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Hope is important and helpful in times of pain, sorrow, or difficulty.

Which lines from the poem best supports this statement?

• Lines 1-2

• lines 3-4

• lines 5-8

• lines 11-12

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What is the theme of this poem?

• People need to work hard in order to maintain hope at all times.

• Hope can survive through even the toughest times.

• Hope is able to keep people warm even in the coldest, stormiest lands.

• Without hope, people would be much more sensible and realistic.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Read these lines from the poem

And sore must be the storm that could abash the little bird that kept so many warm.

I've heard it in the chillest land, and on the strangest sea; yet, never, in extremity, It asked a crumb of me.

What does "it" refer to in the last line?

• The little bird

• The chillest land

• The storm

• The strangest sea

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

This poem is based on an extended metaphor. What is being compared in the poem and why did the poet make that comparison?

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

President Washington felt helpless because his soldiers were______.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Washington turned to ____ during this desperate time.

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3