"A Voice" by Pat Mora

The Lights on the stage were as unrelenting as...

• a judge without a coutroom

• a hot river

• an ice cube

• the desert sun

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CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

The lights unrelenting as the desert sun is an example of...

• simile

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

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CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

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

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CCSS.RL.6.1

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

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CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.6

Your father, the judge without a courtroom, shows the father was...

• Kind

• Serious

• Strict

• Happy

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CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.4

What does the phrase "spunky as a peacock" mean in the poem?

• Confident & bossy

• Colorful & fancy

• Quiet & shy

• Brave & energetic

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CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

In "A Voice," the speaker's family seems...

• informal and fun-loving

• strict, but strong and supportive

• unconnected and uncaring.

• formal and unsupportive

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CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

What does the title, "A Voice," mean to the poet?

• You should be proud to have "a voice" and speak up for yourself

• You should only use "a voice" when an adult speaks to you

• "A voice" can sound annoying sometimes.

• You need to make sure you choose the right language to speak with

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CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.4

What does "the undoable is done in the next generation" mean?

• People learn to do really hard things

• Things get easier over time

• Each generation fights to change things that are wrong about the world

• Each generation makes things harder for eachother

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CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.4

Identify the similes used in the poem

• Lights unrelenting as the desert sun

• The judge without a courtroom

• Stuck in your throat like an ice cube

• As slow as a hot river

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CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4