Analyzing Stanzas

What is the purpose of Stanza 4?

• To describe Camino's experience with mud

• To explain how mud can be difficult to clean off

• To portray the author's hatred for mud

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

What is the purpose of Stanza 5?

• To express Camino's fear of the mud never going away

• To describe how the mud keeps people from moving on

• To describe the mud as never-ending

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.6.4

How does stanza 6 use personification to describe the mud?

• "mud got a mind of its own"

• "wants to enwrap your penny loafers"

• "press kisses to your kness"

• all of the above

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

How are stanza's 5 and 6 connected?

• They both use personification to characterize mud as possessive and hard to escape

• They both use personification to describe the Dominican Republic as muddy

• They both use onomatopoeias to help the reader hear the effects of people walking through mud

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.6.4

How does Stanza 7 contribute to the poem's overall meaning?

• It proves how invasive the mud is in the Dominican Republic

• It tells how Camino will never leave the Dominican Republic

• It shows how Camino will always remember her home and where she is from

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.6.4

How do Stanzas 7 and 8 fit together to contribute to the poem's overall meaning?

• By showing how Camino has become a part of the Dominican Republic

• By explaining why it's hard to get the mud off

• By showing what it is like growing up in the Dominican Republic

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

How do the last 3 Stanzas conclude the poem?

• By concluding how hard it is to live in a place with a lot of mud

• By expressing Camino's desire to leave

• By describing the mud as inescapable

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.4