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from Brown Girl Dreaming (HMH Book)

Authored by Melissa Thomas

English

6th Grade

CCSS covered

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why did Jacqueline Woodson wrote her memoir in a series of poems?

to describe multiple events from her childhood

to tell her life events in order

to emphasize settings and characters

to reflect that we often recall memories in short bursts

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CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What does the figurative language in the poem, "writing #1" express?

making up stories gets her in trouble

writing is a family tradition

telling made-up stories comes easier than writing

sharing stories is fun

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CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

in the poem "late autumn", the speaker changes from feeling

interested to bored

frustrated to hopeful

confident to discouraged

misunderstood to beloved

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CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The three lines of the poem "when i tell my family" show that the speaker

is better at writing stories than speaking

plans to be a writer no matter what

wants to become a lawyer

wants to write about her family

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CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Jacqueline Woodson's comparisons to her sister show

how good Odella is at writing

how jealous she is of her sister

that she feels she does not measure up to Odella

how much she has improved in reading

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which is an example of figurative language from Brown Girl Dreaming?

words from the book curl around each other

we are allowed to take out seven books each

only my name comes quickly

no one is there to say, not that book

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CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the poem "reading" mainly about

how she struggles in school

she behaves like her sister

wants to be a writer

she takes pride in being different from her sister

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CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

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