"A Voice" by Pat Mora
Authored by Thomas Dyde
English
6th Grade
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Based on my analysis of these questions, this quiz focuses on poetry analysis and literary device identification, specifically examining Pat Mora's poem "A Voice." The material is appropriate for 6th grade students who are developing their skills in close reading and literary interpretation. Students need to understand figurative language concepts including similes and metaphors, demonstrate reading comprehension through textual analysis, and make inferences about character traits and thematic meaning. The questions require students to identify specific literary devices like similes ("lights unrelenting as the desert sun"), interpret metaphorical language ("judge without a courtroom" to describe a strict father), and analyze deeper meanings such as understanding what "the undoable is done in the next generation" suggests about progress and change over time. This assessment evaluates students' ability to move beyond surface-level reading to interpret symbolic meaning and understand how poets use language to convey complex ideas about family, identity, and personal growth. Created by Thomas Dyde, an English teacher in the US who teaches grade 6. This quiz serves as an excellent tool for assessing student comprehension after reading Pat Mora's "A Voice," and can be effectively used as a formative assessment, homework assignment, or review activity following classroom discussion of the poem. The questions scaffold from basic comprehension and literary device identification to higher-order thinking about theme and meaning, making it valuable for both instruction and assessment purposes. Teachers can use this quiz as a warm-up activity to gauge student understanding before deeper discussion, or as a summative check after completing a poetry unit. The assessment aligns with Common Core standards CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.4 (determining meaning of words and phrases including figurative language) and CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.2 (determining theme and analyzing its development), supporting key sixth-grade objectives for literary analysis and reading comprehension.
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The Lights on the stage were as unrelenting as...
a judge without a coutroom
a hot river
an ice cube
the desert sun
Tags
CCSS.RI.4.5
CCSS.RI.5.5
CCSS.RI.6.5
CCSS.RI.7.5
CCSS.RI.8.5
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The lights unrelenting as the desert sun is an example of...
simile
metaphor
onomatopoeia
alliteration
Tags
CCSS.RI.4.5
CCSS.RI.5.5
CCSS.RI.6.5
CCSS.RI.7.5
CCSS.RI.8.5
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What else was unrelenting?
The eyes of the parents
The eyes of the girl
The eyes of the daughter
The eyes of the other students
Tags
CCSS.RL.6.2
CCSS.RL.7.2
CCSS.RI.6.1
CCSS.RI.7.1
CCSS.RL.6.1
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The speaker of the poem is...
A daughter describing her father's life
A daughter describing her mother's life
A grand-daughter describing her grandfather's life
A grand-daughter describing her grandmother's life
Tags
CCSS.RL.5.5
CCSS.RL.6.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RL.7.5
CCSS.RL.7.10
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Your father, the judge without a courtroom, shows the father was...
Kind
Serious
Strict
Happy
Tags
CCSS.RI.5.7
CCSS.RI.6.7
CCSS.RL.5.7
CCSS.RL.6.7
CCSS.RL.7.7
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What does the phrase "spunky as a peacock" mean in the poem?
Confident & bossy
Colorful & fancy
Quiet & shy
Brave & energetic
Tags
CCSS.RL.5.5
CCSS.RL.6.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RL.7.5
CCSS.RL.7.10
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
In "A Voice," the speaker's family seems...
informal and fun-loving
strict, but strong and supportive
unconnected and uncaring.
formal and unsupportive
Tags
CCSS.RL.5.5
CCSS.RL.6.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RL.7.5
CCSS.RL.5.4
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