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A Contribution to Statistics

Authored by NickBeth Meyer

English

9th - 12th Grade

CCSS covered

Used 27+ times

A Contribution to Statistics
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Wisława Szymborska is

Polish

Swede

Swiss

Italian

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.K.6

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In her poem (A Contribution to Statistics), Wisława Szymborska analyse people

in their actual number (7.2 billion)

after scaling them down to 1000,000 people

after scaling them down to 100 people

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Wisława Szymborska's poetry is known for dealing with

philosophy and human nature

love and romance

nature and beauty

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.K.6

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

"glad to lend a hand"

is an example of which literary device

shift

idiom

parallelism

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Those who always know better—fifty-two,

doubting every step —nearly all the rest,

This is a good example of

parallelism (repeated grammatical structure)

idiom

shift

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

glad to lend a hand

if it doesn’t take too long

—as high as forty-nine,

In the second line above, there is an example of

idiom

shift (in mood or focus)

parallelism

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

glad to lend a hand

if it doesn’t take too long

—as high as forty-nine,

The first line seems very positive, but the second line shifts to show that convenience may be more important than kindness for some people.

True

False

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

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