All the World's a Stage

This speech is an extended metaphor. What two things are being compared?

• old people and young people

• life and a stage

• plays to movies

• Shakespeare's life to the reader's life

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CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which is an example of an alliteration in the poem?

• bubble reputation

• plays his part

• Sans teeth, sans eyes

• shrunk shank

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CCSS.RL.7.4

“And they have their exits and their entrances” - What do the words ‘exits’ and ‘entrances’ mean?

• births and deaths

• leaving after argument

• making a new friend

• coming in and out of your house

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CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is the first stage of a human's life?

• lover

• justice

• soldier

• infant

The second stage of life is "school age". What word describes the "schoolboy's" feelings toward school?

• excited

• hateful

• zealous

• reluctant

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CCSS.L.7.5D

Identify the figurative language used in the poem.

"And shining morning face, creeping like snail”

• metaphor

• simile

• symbol

• onomatopoeia

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CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.7.4

Explain "bubble reputation"

• clean house

• a short lived glory

• clean personality

• a lasting impact

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CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What does "woeful ballad" mean?

• a prayer

• an excited song

• a song describing the sound you make on a rollercoaster

• an unhappy or sad song

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CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5C

CCSS.L.7.5D

CCSS.RL.7.4