from Brown Girl Dreaming (HMH Book)

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

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.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

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.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

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.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.6

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.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

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.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

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

Read Stevie and me. Which three elements of a memoir are present in lines 106-110?

• insight into the impact of a historical event

• informal tone

• first person point of view

• third person point of view

• insight into a personal important moment