Dream Deferred / A Dream Within a Dream

Syrupy sweet is a reputation of sound which characterizes which phrase?

• Irony

• Alliteration

• Rhyme

• Setting

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What does the word fester mean in the following portion of the poem?

Or fester like a sore—

And then runs

• Gets energized for a task and starts after the dream.

• Irritation increases and the dream spills away.

• Becomes healed allowing for exercise to begin.

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CCSS.RL.7.4

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What is the MOST important difference between how the reader might interpret the possibilities of the “Dream Differed” that the author writes about if it were written as a first-person narrative instead of a poem?

• The reader may not like the poem at all.

• The reader may not feel as free to experience their own emotions as

  Intensely as the authors.

• The reader may not understand the authors feelings very well.

• The reader may choose to listen to the audio version instead for clarification and a better understanding of the text.

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CCSS.RL.7.4

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What does the word tormented mean in the following portion of the poem “A Dream Within a Dream?”

• Proudly standing after accomplishment.

• Painfully battered.

• With glassy waves.

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If the poem “A Dream Deferred” was written as an informational text instead of in a poetic style, who would MOST likely be the person the author is addressing?

• A baby

• A woman

• A pet

• A parent

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CCSS.RL.7.4

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Which literary device is characterized in the line, “Yet hope has flown away?”

• Irony

• Idiom

• Personification

• Metaphor

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CCSS.RL.7.4

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Avow is a word that means…

• Do not say it

• Loud and clear for everyone to hear

• As soft as a feather

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What is the theme of the poem "A Dream Deferred?"

• Being together

• Being alone

• Being happy at all times

• All of these

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CCSS.RL.7.4

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What is the theme of "Dream Deferred?"

• Dreams stink but they also shine brightly.

• Repressed dreams are a terrible thing.

• Rottenness sometimes brings out the best in us all.

• Dreams, like sores, get better over time.

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CCSS.RL.7.4

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Who is the author of "A Dream Deferred?"

• Jerry Spinelli

• Robert Frost

• Langston Hughes

• Maya Angelou

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