Who is a speaker in a poem?

The person who is talking in the poem

The person who created the test

What is point of view?

How the author or character feels about something

The definitions of words in a text

How the author wants you to feel when reading

The words the author or speaker uses to talk about something

the bold print words at the beginning of each section

the spaces in the poem or passage

11. Which statement summarizes the poem?

A People with hopeless views of what is possible outnumber those with hopeful views, but it is the hopeful people who have positive influences.

B While optimistic people can seem unrealistic and too hopeful, they are good friends and worth getting to know.

C The people who say something cannot be done may be frustrating, but they are right because few people reach their dreams.

D Optimistic people are more common than negative people, and that is why the world remains a mostly hopeful place.

Part A 12. What is a theme of the poem?

D Believing in possibilities is valuable.

A Dreams must be realistic to be accomplished.

B Hard work will always lead to achieving one’s goals.

C Other people’s opinions do not matter.

Part B 13. Which evidence from the poem supports the answer chosen in Part A?

D “But it’s better to be a ‘Can-be,’ And labor and dream—and die, Than one who runs with the ‘Can’t-be-done’s’” (lines 21-23)

A “There’s a thousand ‘Can’t-be-done-ers’ For the one who says ‘It can!’” (lines 1-2)

B “For the ‘Can’t-be-done-ers’ grumble, And hamper, oppose and doubt,” (lines 5-6)

C “For the ‘Can’t-be-done-ers’ mutter While the ‘Can-be’s’ cool, sublime, Make their ‘notions’ work till the others smirk.” (lines 13-15)

16. Read lines 15-16 from the poem. Make their “notions” work till the others smirk. “Oh, we knew it all the time!” How do these lines contribute to the overall meaning of the poem?

A The “Can’t-be-done-ers” pretend they expected a positive outcome when “Can-bes” succeed.

B The “Can’t-be-done-ers” only pretend to be negative but are actually hopeful people.

C The “Can-bes” could not succeed without the support of the “Can’t-be-done-ers.”

D The “Can’t-be-done-ers” and the “Can-bes” are actually very similar.

17. What does the speaker mean by saying “And it’s mighty few who see their dreams come true/Or hear fame’s trumpet call” in lines 19-20?

B Most people do not achieve their dreams or become famous.

A Only people who work hard will reach their goals.

C Negative people will never reach their goals.

D Reaching dreams leads to being popular.

19. How does the speaker’s point of view shift in the final stanza?

A The speaker shifts from confident in the “Can-be’s” ability to accomplish goals to cautionary that hope is valuable even apart from outcomes.

B The speaker shifts from encouraging readers to be “Can-bes” to warning them about the downsides of having that positive mindset.

C The speaker shifts from focusing only on the negative aspects of “Can’t-be-done-ers” to focusing on the positive aspects of “Can-bes.”

D The speaker shifts from looking at the differences between “Can’t-be-done-ers” and “Can-bes” to looking at their similarities.

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A Thousand To One Poem Analysis

A Thousand to One Poem Analysis

Authored by Felecia Jenkins

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6th - 8th Grade

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What does summarize mean?

to restate the main ideas in a shorter way

to show

to first talk about

to tell all the details from the passage

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CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is a theme?

the main idea or what the text is mostly about

the lesson the author wants you to learn

the feelings associated with words

the problem in the text

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CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is evidence?

information from the text

the lines in a poem

the clues in the passage that hint at word meaning

a statement made by the author

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What does it mean for something to shift?

to draw attention to something

to show

to change

to stay the same

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CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RL.6.7

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What does impact mean?

to affect something

to change something completely

to go against something

to define something

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What does contribute mean?

to show

to define

to add to

to highlight or draw attention to

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What does overall mean?

It relates to only part of the passage

It adds to something

It only deals with feelings and emotions, not definitions

It relates to the entire passage as a whole

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CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

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A Thousand to One Poem Analysis

What does summarize mean?

What is a theme?

What is evidence?

What does it mean for something to shift?

What does impact mean?

What does contribute mean?

What does overall mean?

Who is a speaker in a poem?

What is point of view?

What is a stanza?

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