"Oranges" and "Ode to Family Photographs" by Gary Soto

Who is the speaker in the poem "Oranges"?

• Gary Soto's brother

• A twelve year old boy

• A twelve year old girl

• A saleslady witnessing a first date

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In the poem "Oranges", "Tiered like bleachers" is an example of...

• a metaphor

• personification

• imagery

• a simile

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What type of figurative language appears in these lines from “Oranges”?

Outside / A few cars hissing past

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

• Personification

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In “Oranges”, why does the speaker put one orange on the counter of the drugstore?

• He wants to use it to pay for half of the candy the girl chooses.

• He wants to give it to the girl he brought to the drugstore.

• He wants to throw it away because it isn’t ripe.

• He wants the saleslady to give it to the girl he brought to the drugstore.

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Gary Soto compares the bright color of an orange with the color of a fire. Which of the following lines expresses that thought as a metaphor?

• The orange was bright as a fire.

• The orange was like a fire in his hands.

• The orange peel crackled like a fire.

• The orange was a fire in his hands.

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Which of these lines by Gary Soto uses a simile?

• “I was making a fire in my hands.”

• “Fog hanging like old / Coats between the trees.”

• “That was so bright against / The gray of December”

• “Bringing a saleslady / Down a narrow aisle of goods.”

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Why was Gary Soto’s use of non-verbal communication effective in this poem?

• It allows the reader to like this girl without the narrator’s words.

• It allows the reader to decide what the characters are thinking and feeling.

• It allows the reader to feel like he or she is a saleslady in a drugstore.

• It allows the reader to know what it’s like to want something so bad.

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You can infer the speaker in the poem "Ode to Family Photographs", is talking to...

• Himself

• A person to whom he is showing each photograph

• His brother

• His family

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In the poem "Ode to Family Photographs", some of the photos are blurry because...

• they were taken a long time ago.

• they are spinning on a merry-go-round.

• the mother sneezed while taking the pictures.

• the mother used an inexpensive camera.

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This poem is an ode because it...

• tells the life story of the speaker.

• describes personal experiences and feelings.

• is written in praise of family photographs and what they stand for.

• pays tribute to famous people and their actions.

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