"Escape" Poem Review STAAR 8RLA 2021

In stanza 2 (lines 7-12), the reader can tell that the speaker feels-

• Irritated that she does not have better communication skills for the exeriences she has.

• Concerned that she must continue to talk with people who speak different languages.

• Confident that she will not feel separated from those in her family who speak a different language.

• Relieved that she is going to a familiar place where there will be less conflict.

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The simile in stanza 1 (lines 1-6) helps show that the speaker-

• wants to learn different languages in order to communicate with others.

• feels torn between two different worlds that have little in common.

• wants to go home again and not have to speak or listen to anyone.

• feels annoyed by having to spend so much time listening to others.

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What message does the poet hope to convey in the poem?

• A person's memories become more significant as one grows older.

• Moving to a new place offers a person important and unique opportunities.

• The best way to remember a person is to visit the place where that person was born.

• A person's sense of identity is often linked to a meaningful location in one's past.

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Which lines from the poem best identify the source of the speaker's conflict?

• Living in between two ways/of speaking/and hearing (lines 1-3)

• At least we're finally/onour way to the farm, (lines 7-8)

• Horses of so many shades/that the colors can't be/counted. (lines 22-24)

• Everything looks just as wild and free/as I've half-remembered (lines 25-26)

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What is the effect of the two-word sentences in lines 19 through 21?

• The sentences emphasiize the distinct contrasts found on the farm.

• The sentences highlight the speaker's memories of the farm from previous visits.

• The sentences detail how spacious the farm actually is.

• The sentences reveal the types of animals the speaker sees on the farm.

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Read stanza 6 (lines 28-33).

It's as if my other self has been here

all along-

the invisible twin

who never left this island

and never

will

What is the poet suggesting by referring to the speaker's "invisible twin?"

• The speaker has a sister living on the island whom she is looking forward to seeing.

• The speaker feels a bond with the land, and she believes it will always be her homeland.

• The speaker feels lonely on the island, and she wishes her family were there to share the experience with her.

• The speaker looks forward to spending time with close friends while she visits her homeland.

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