A Voice and Words Like Freedom Review

What is the purpose of the personification in line 3 in "Words Like Freedom?"

"On my heartstrings freedom sings"

• To express the speaker's feelings

• To explain the speaker's actions

• To emphasize the speaker's thoughts

• To describe the speaker's experiences

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

What tone can be inferred in lines 5-8 of "Words Like Freedom?"

"There are words like Liberty

That almost make me cry.

If you had known what I know

You would know why."

• Grim

• Annoyed

• Miserable

• Sorrowful

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is the purpose of the metaphor in line 8 of "A Voice?'

"as your father, the judge without a courtroom"

• To describe how the father felt proud of his child

• To describe the manner of the father

• To describe the education of the speaker

• To describe how the speaker felt proud of her father

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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 two lines from the poem "A Voice" express the poem's tone?

• Line 25

• Line 28

• Line 30

• Line 35

• Line 36

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

What purpose did the two poets share for using figurative language?

• To create a tone

• To develop a theme

• To express and opinion

• To describe the speakers

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CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

CCSS.RL.7.7

Compare line 24 of "A Voice" with line 3 of "Words Like Freedom." How are these lines similar?

"Family stories sing of what lives in the blood"

"On my heartstrings freedom sings"

• They both express anger through simile

• The both express joy through personification

• The both express happiness through metaphor

• The both express surprise through personification

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CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

Empowerment is a theme in both poems. Explain how this theme is used in each.

Empowerment: the state of being empowered to do something : the power, right, or authority to do something

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CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9