Unit 6 Study Guide

Lines 4-7 reveal that the speaker is MOST LIKELY?

I’ve known rivers:

I’ve known rivers ancient as the world and older than the flow of human blood in human veins.

My soul has grown deep like the rivers.

I bathed in the Euphrates when dawns were young.

I built my hut near the Congo and it lulled me to sleep.

I looked upon the Nile and raised the pyramids above it.

I heard the singing of the Mississippi when Abe Lincoln went down to New Orleans, and I’ve seen its muddy bosom turn all golden in the sunset.

I’ve known rivers:

Ancient, dusky rivers.

My soul has grown deep like the rivers.

• Langston Hughes

• The Black Community

• Abraham Lincoln

• An Important River

What two things are compared in the simile in lines 3 and 10?

I’ve known rivers:

I’ve known rivers ancient as the world and older than the flow of human blood in human veins.

My soul has grown deep like the rivers.

I bathed in the Euphrates when dawns were young.

I built my hut near the Congo and it lulled me to sleep.

I looked upon the Nile and raised the pyramids above it.

I heard the singing of the Mississippi when Abe Lincoln went down to New Orleans, and I’ve seen its muddy bosom turn all golden in the sunset.

I’ve known rivers:

Ancient, dusky rivers.

My soul has grown deep like the rivers.

• grown and deep

• deep and soul

• soul and rivers

• rivers and grown

What does the repeated phrase "I've known rivers" in lines 1, 2, and 8 MOST likely emphasize?

I’ve known rivers:

I’ve known rivers ancient as the world and older than the flow of human blood in human veins.

My soul has grown deep like the rivers.

I bathed in the Euphrates when dawns were young.

I built my hut near the Congo and it lulled me to sleep.

I looked upon the Nile and raised the pyramids above it.

I heard the singing of the Mississippi when Abe Lincoln went down to New Orleans, and I’ve seen its muddy bosom turn all golden in the sunset.

I’ve known rivers:

Ancient, dusky rivers.

My soul has grown deep like the rivers.

• The speakers talents

• The speakers location

• The speakers feelings

• The speakers experience

In the poem, Annabel Lee..

What impact do the repeated words "kingdom by the sea" have on the mood of the poem?

• they give a fairytale quality

• they make the time period seem dated

• they give it a playful tone

• they make the rest of the poem seem less believable

In the poem, Annabel Lee...

What is the connection between the stanzas in terms of their rhyme scheme?

• The words at the end of each line have a rhyme

• The stanzas all use the same rhyme scheme

• The stanzas all have the same number of lines

• The long vowel "e" (sea, Lee)

In Abuelito Who, which of the following statements best identifies a theme in the poem?

• Growing old changes how people think of themselves.

• Children ignore how changing affects the elderly.

• Children don't always care about their grandparents.

• Growing old can affect family relationships

In Abuelito Who, what text supports the statement that growing old can affect family relationships?

• "Who is dough and feathers / who is a watch and glass of water"

• "who tells me in Spanish you are my diamond / who tells me in English you are my sky"

• "sleeps in his little room all night and day / who used to laugh like the letter K / is sick"

• "Is blankets and spoons and brig brown shoes / who snores up and down"

How does Abuelito's aging affect the speaker?

• It makes the speaker question what kind of person Abuelito has become.

• It makes the speaker angry at how much Abuelito has changed.

• It makes the speaker appear lazy because they don't want to play with their Abuelito.

• It makes the speaker afraid of their Abuelito.

From The Monsters are Due on Maple Street. Which excerpt from the text adds to the dramatic irony in the screenplay?

• "It is a dimension as vast as space, and as timeless as infinity. It is the middle ground between light and shadow - between science and superstition. " (Paragraph 2)

• "Maple Street, U.S.A, late summer. A tree lined little world of front porch gliders, hop scotch, the laughter of children, and the bell of an ice cream vendor." (Paragraph 4)

• "Steve Brand, the man whos been polishing his car, stands there transfixed, staring upwards. He looks at Don Martin, his neighbor from across the street. (Paragraph 13)

• "Maple Street. Six-forty-four P.M. on a later September evening. Maple Street in the last calm and reflective moments before the monsters came!" (Paragraph 13)

In The Monsters are due on Maple Street, how does the dramatic irony in paragraphs 1-13 create tension?

• The characters are frightened by the situation, but the audience finds it amusing.

• The characters know that something terrible is about to happen, but the audience is unaware.

• The audience knows that something terrible is about to happen, but the characters are unaware.

• The characters are afraid of each other, but the audience knows that the real threat is elsewhere.