"Swimming to the Rock"

What is a stanza?

• The use of words or phrases over and over

• The literal definition of a word

• The way the lines of a poem are broken up or separated

• The simple difference between similar things

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CCSS.RL.4.5

Which word means using the same words or phrases over and over again?

• repetition

• denotation

• connotation

• stanza

What does it mean to be dangling?

• To be supported from below

• To blow gently in the wind

• To fall down

• To hang

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CCSS.L.4.4A

What does the word accomplishment mean?

• Something that is desperately desired

• A goal that has been completed

• A goal that is reached with the help of others

• Something that is won in a contest

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CCSS.L.4.4A

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

What does the word denotation mean?

• A word that means the same or similar

• The literal definition of a word

• The plural form of a word

• A word that is different or the opposite

Which word means almost the SAME as triumph?

• loss

• contest

• meeting

• victory

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CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.4.5A

Which word means almost the SAME as hovering?

• To stand above

• To walk next to slowly

• Stays in one place in the air

• To sit under

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CCSS.L.4.4A

What does the word connotation mean?

• The idea suggested by the meaning of a word

• The literal definition of a word

• The use of words or phrases over and over

• The way the lines of a poem are broken up or separated

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CCSS.L.4.4A

What is the theme of the poems?

• winning

• space travel

• swimming

• success

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CCSS.RL.4.2

How are “Swimming to the Rock” and “The Moondust Footprint” DIFFERENT?

• “Swimming to the Rock” is about a historical achievement, and “The Moondust Footprint” is about a personal achievement.

• “Swimming to the Rock” is about a personal achievement, and “The Moondust Footprint” is about a historical achievement.

• “Swimming to the Rock” is about a race to a rock, and “The Moondust Footprint” is about a race to the moon.

• Both poems are about a personal achievement.

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CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.4.6