A Contribution to Statistics

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English
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9th - 12th Grade
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NickBeth Meyer
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Wisława Szymborska is
Polish
Swede
Swiss
Italian
Tags
CCSS.RI.11-12.9
CCSS.RI.9-10.9
CCSS.RI.K.6
CCSS.RL.11-12.9
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
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.11-12.8
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
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.RI.11-12.9
CCSS.RI.9-10.9
CCSS.RI.K.6
CCSS.RL.11-12.9
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
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.11-12.8
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
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.11-12.8
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
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.11-12.8
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
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