Theme Review

Which image from the poem best develops the theme of "growing in spite of limiting stereotypes creates unexpected beauty" in this poem?

• People not caring about the rose

• The rose learning to breathe air

• The rose growing from concrete

• The rose keeping its dreams

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Which of the following lines best develop the theme "precious things like beauty and youth fade with time"?

• "Her early leaf's a flower, but only so an hour"

• "So Eden sank to grief, so dawn goes down today"

• "Nature's first green is gold"

• "Leaf subsides to leaf"

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Which of the following choices best develops the theme of "living life without caution, while exciting, eventually steals away one's time"?

• Including the detail about how the speakers dropped out of school

• The imagery of the "we" in the poem lurking late outside of buildings

• The way the lines have rhythm and rhyme, but they all cut short and end with death

• The introduction at the top of the poem describing the pool players at a bar because it gives context

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Which of the following lines best describes the theme in this poem?

• In the face of impermanence, enjoying a thing's beauty magnifies its power to unite others

• The candle cannot last the night, and because of this, it is important for everyone to gather around it

• Even though things seem like they might change, everything will mostly stay the same for everyone

• Arguing with enemies only causes more strife and heartache

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

How does the author develop the theme "obsession with wealth, while it carries worldly benefits, ultimately corrupts and consumes its victims"?

• The detail about passing the money from generation to generation so that it always remains

• The metaphor of money as a hungry god that gnaws on the world

• The detail about the man stealing money at the beginning of the text

• The odd description of feeding money blood, salt, and tears

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2