Surface Pressure EOC Questions

Which word describes the speaker?

• Neglected

• Untrusting

• Driven

• Overwhelmed

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is the tone of the first 2 stanzas?

• Selfish

• Confident

• Pessimistic

• Hopeful

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CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.10

Why did the author leave the word "but" in its own stanza?

• To show the irony between her physical & emotional capabilities

• To emphasize the contrast between what she just said and how she truly feels

• To reveal how she really feels as a result of the conflicts between her and her sisters

• To portray the difference in what she wants for her life and what it currently is

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CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.11

What is the purpose of the allusion in line 13?

• To compare herself to someone who also was under pressure and question

  whether they felt the same as she did

• To show the danger of the tasks she is constantly asked to perform

• To contrast the reasons behind their selfless acts to help their people

• To justify why she feels conflicted about her role in her community just like

  others before her have felt

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What is the purpose of the repetition in lines 20-21 & lines 26-27?

• Create an image that portrays what the speaker is currently experiencing

• Create a sense of tension that mimics the speaker's feelings

• Portray the internal conflict she is facing with herself to be better

• Emphasize the counting down of time to the moment she can finally be

  herself

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CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.10

The metaphor in line 35 serves to--

• Compare her situation to driving a ship blindly without knowing if they can

  make it through the challenges in the way

• Emphasize how tough she is to the toughness of a ship taking on icebergs

  and other challenges at sea

• Emphasize how she feels like she can’t back down no matter how big the

  task presented to her is

• Differentiate between the pressure put on her and the pressure put on a

  metaphorical ship

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

What is the purpose of the analogies in stanza 8?

• To show that it just takes one thing to lose her mind

• To illustrate the feeling of losing control if something goes wrong

• To demonstrate her desire to shake off the extra stress

• To clarify what was said in the previous stanza

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

What is one thing the speaker fears?

• Being seen as weak

• Hurting the people around her because of her strength

• Being a burden to others

• Letting everyone down

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Which quote from the text best exhibits what the speaker fears?

• “I take what I’m handed/ I break what’s demanded”

• “I hide my nerves, and it worsens, I worry something is going to hurt us"

• “I feel berserk as a tightrope walker in a three-ring circus”

• “If I could shake the crushing weight of expectations”

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CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.10

The following questions are asking you to look at both songs "Surface Pressure" as well as "How Far I'll Go" to answer them. Before going forward- give your opinion.

Which movie did you like more?

• Encanto

• Moana

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RI.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.7