"The Border: A Double Sonnet" - Mood, Theme, Figurative Lang

How many stanzas does the poem have?

• 0

• 1

• 2

• 3

What type of figurative language is used in the lines below?

The border smells like cars at noon and wood smoke in the evening.

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Sensory Language

• Hyperbole

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CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

Why does the author use the metaphor in line 2?

The border is a beautiful piece of paper folded carelessly in half.

• To persuade the reader to think that paper is too expensive.

• To show how the border makes the land less attractive. Without it the land would be more beautiful.

• To explain how the border was built.

• To illustrate how the border is painful.

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CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

Why does the author include the line below?

The border says stop to the wind, but the wind speaks another language and keeps going.

• To describe how the border is beneficial to the community.

• To illustrate the strength of the wind in the desert.

• To emphasize the author's belief that the border is pointless and that while the border is meant to be a boundary, nature has no understanding of that.

• To explain how languages work at the border between people who are visiting.

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CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.4

Why does the poet include the following line:

The border is where flint first met steel, starting a century of fires.

• To explain how the border has started conflicts between US and Mexico.

• To ask the reader to petition against the border because it is dangerous.

• To illustrate how flint makes fire.

• To show how the border is strong.

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.5

Why does the poet organize the poem into only two stanzas?

• IDK

• The poet didn't organize the poem into two stanzas.

• Each stanza represents a specific country, one for the US and one for Mexico.

• To create space between the two stanzas which represents the border between the two countries.

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CCSS.RL.6.5

Which statement describes the main theme of the poem?

• People in power have divided up the world in ways that are not fair to others.

• Borders are invisible lines that organize the Earth and help us make sense of it.

• Dividing land is an important way to maintain peace between populations of people.

• The division of land through borders creates tension that leads to problems.

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CCSS.RL.6.2

Which detail from the text best supports the answer to the previous question?

• “The border is a beautiful piece of paper folded carelessly in half.”

• “The border is a jump rope still there even after the game is finished.”

• “The border is the location of the factory where lightning and thunder are made.”

• “The border is a big, neat, clean, clear black line on a map that does not exist.”

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

How does the speaker develop their point of view on the border?

• The speaker reveals their dislike for the border by comparing it to negative or conflicting things.

• The speaker emphasizes their anger about the border by describing the widespread violence it has caused.

• The speaker emphasizes their suspicion of the border by describing its lack of physical presence in the world.

• The speaker stresses their fear of the border by sharing their experiences being trapped by a border.

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CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

The author of "The Border: A Double Sonnet" by Alberto Ríos uses repetition and metaphor to show ....

• that it can have a positive impact on the community.

• that the border hurts communities.

• that the border helps protects those that need it.

• that the border represents pain.

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CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.W.6.9A