A Voice/Words Like Freedom

This question has two parts. First, answer Part A. Then, answer Part B.

Part A Based on the descriptions in lines 6–16, what can the reader infer about the person referred to as you in “A Voice”?

• She disagrees with what her father says.

• She is worried and afraid around her father.

• She wishes she could stand up to her father.

•                She feels serious and respectful around her father.

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

Part B Which two excerpts from the poem best support the answer to Part A?

• In your house that smelled like / rose powder (lines 6–7)

• you spoke Spanish formal / as your father, the judge without a courtroom (lines 7–8)

• He walked slow / as a hot river down the narrow hall / of your house (lines 10–12)

• You never dared to race past him, / to say, “Please move,” (lines 12–13)

• in the language / you learned effortlessly (lines 13–14)

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

What is the purpose of the metaphor in line 8 of “A Voice”?

• To describe the manner of the father

• To describe the education of the speaker

• To describe how the father felt proud of his child

• To describe how the speaker felt proud

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.7.10

What does the simile in line 23 of “A Voice” help the reader understand?

• The mother and the aunt are loud.

• The mother and the aunt are showy.

• The mother and the aunt are fearless.

• The mother and the aunt are gutsy.

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

What does the poet’s use of figurative language in lines 30–33 of “A Voice” help the reader understand about the speaker’s mother?

• She is excited.

• She is nervous.

• She is restless.

• She is uncertain.

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

Which two excerpts from “A Voice” most clearly express the poem’s tone of gratitude?

• You told me only once about the time you went / to the state capitol (lines 25–26)

• the only Mexican in the auditorium (line 28)

• Their eyes were pinpricks, and you faked / hoarseness (lines 30–31)

•                You taught the four of us to speak up. (line 35)

• This is America, Mom. The undo-able is done / in the next generation. (lines 36–37)

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.7.10

What is the most likely purpose of the personification in line 3 in “Words Like Freedom”?

• To explain the speaker’s actions

• To express the speaker’s feelings

• To emphasize the speaker’s goals

• To describe the speaker’s experiences

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

What tone can be inferred in lines 5–8 of “Words Like Freedom”?

• Grim

• Annoyed

• Miserable

• Sorrowful

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.7.10

With which of the following choices would the speaker in “Words Like Freedom” most likely agree?

• People seldom appreciate liberty.

• The fight for liberty is no longer needed.

• The struggle for equality is worth the price.

• People no longer believe that equality is important.

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.7.10

What purpose for using figurative language is shared by the two poets?

• To create a tone

• To offer solutions

• To express an opinion

• To describe the speakers

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CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.7.7