Poetry / Brown Girl Dreaming pt. 1

A single line in a poem is a...

A group of verses is a...

Where was Jacqueline born?

• Columbus, Ohio

• Greenville, South Carolina

• Brooklyn, New York

Poetry written in free verse has...

• a specific amount of syllables

• a beat or rhythm

• a specific rhyme structure

• no specific structure

Jacqueline's father was terrible at football.

• True

• False

Brown Girl Dreaming is a work of...

• fiction

• non-fiction

A ______ is similar to an autobiography, but it focuses on memories of an important time in the author's life,

• biography

• memoir

• personal essay

• poem

What was happening in US history when Jacqueline Woodson was born?

• The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade

• The Civil Rights Movement

• The Civil War

• The Reconstruction

Jacqueline's father wanted to name her...

• Jackie

• Jack

• Jacqueline

• Odella

How many verses are there in how to listen #1 (p. 20)?

• one

• two

• three

• four