Brown Girl Dreaming (HMH Modified) TEST

What is a Memoir?

• the reason or intent of a piece of writing

• a title given to a subsection of a piece of writing

• a vivid form of description that appeals to readers' senses

• written account in which someone describes past experiences

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

In the poem “late autumn,” the speaker goes from feeling —

• fascinated to bored

• frustrated to hopeful

• confident to discouraged

• misunderstood to beloved

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

Read the dictionary entry.

fussing \fŭs-ing\ v 1. showing unnecessary concern about something 2. complaining about something unimportant 3. moving around or busying oneself restlessly 4. disturbing or bothering someone

Which definition best matches the meaning of fussing as it is used in line 93 of the poem “stevie and me”?

If someone had been fussing with me

to read like my sister

• Definition 1

• Definition 2

• Definition 3

• Definition 4

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

Author's purpose means...

• a title given to a subsection of a piece of writing

• written account in which someone describes past experiences

• the reason or intent of a piece of writing

• personal and/or familiar

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

Write ONE word that defines the below vocabulary word. Make sure you spell correctly.

Intimate means...

(a)  

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

The author tells her story in verse (with rhythm) instead of prose (normal speech) most likely because —

• she wants to have a brief but powerful impact

• she does not write well

• she does not recall much from her life

• she wants to emphasize the setting

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

In contrast to the poem “the other woodson,” the poem “reading” shows how —

• the speaker struggles in school

• the speaker wants to be a writer

• the speaker behaves and thinks like her sister

• the speaker feels pride in being different from her sister

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

Which sentence from writing #1 is an example of Personification?

• The story wakes up and walks all over the room.

• Each letter, neatly printed between the pale blue lines.

• Let me introduce myself.

• When I speak, the words come pouring out of me.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

The picture book Stevie is important to the speaker because --

• it was an interesting story

• it had people who were like her in it

• it inspired her to become a teacher

• it established a major conflict

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

The narrator’s frequent comparisons between herself and her sister emphasize —

• how talented her sister is

• how incapable the narrator feels

• how much the narrator improved as a student

• how much the narrator wants to be like her sister

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3