The Road Not Taken

Where is the speaker standing in "The Road Not Taken"?

• by a yellow birch tree

• on a busy highway

• where two roads go in different directions

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

Why does the speaker feel sorry?

• One road is too long to travel

• Both roads look equally dangerous

• Traveling more than one road isn't possible

• It is time to go home

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CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

Analyze the line "And looked down one as far as I could".

This means that the speaker...

• wants to know what is ahead on that road

• already knows which road is better to travel

• does not understand that one road is better

• doesn't believe either road will be a good choice

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

Analyze the line "To where it bent in the undergrowth".

This refers to the place where the road...

• completely ends

• meets other roads

• is overgrown and impassable

• continues but nothing more can be seen

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

. Interpret what "roads" symbolize in the poem.

• having a long or short life

• successes and failures

• . choices we make in life

• events and people

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

Analyze The phrase "long I stood".

This tells readers that the speaker...

• thought a long time about which road to choose

• finally made a choice because of being tired

• was waiting for someone to walk by

• did not understand the need to make a choice

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CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

Which line shows that no one had walked on either road that morning?

• "I shall be telling this with a sigh"

• "I doubted if I should ever come back."

• "In leaves no step had trodden black."

• "Oh, I kept the first for another day!"

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CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

Which line shows that the speaker is thinking about the future?

• "I took the one less traveled by,"

• "Somewhere ages and ages hence:"

• "Then took the other, as just as fair,"

• "And both that morning equally lay"

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

The last line, "And that has made all the difference," interpret what "that" refers to.

• the road not taken

• the speaker's decision about which road to take

• the roads going in different directions

• the road less traveled by

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

Which theme does the speaker develops throughout the poem?

• people need to have problems in life

• people should not make choices

• how to quickly make important decisions

• people need to make choices in life.

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CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2