Brown Girl Dreaming Practice

What is the most likely reason the author tells her memoir in verse?

• To emphasize the setting and characters

• To tell about the events of her life in order

• To reflect the way people often recall memories

• To create a rhythmic and poetic experience for the reader

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

Which idea do these lines best express? When I speak, /the words come pouring out of me. The story/wakes up and walks all over the room

• Telling made-up stories aloud comes easily to the speaker

• Writing stories is part of the speaker's family traditions

• Making up stories often gets the speaker into trouble

• The speaker's stories have a strong impact on the listeners

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

How does the sentence contribute to poem "writing #1."? But as I bend over my composition notebook, /only my name/comes quickly.

• It established the conflict.

• It describes the setting.

• It adds imagery.

• It introduces the speaker.

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CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

In the poem "late autumn," the speaker changes from feeling-

• misunderstood to beloved

• confident to discouraged

• frustrated to hopeful

• fascinated to bored

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

Read the dictionary entry. fussing v. 1. showing unnecessary concern about something 2. complaining about something unimportant 3. moving around or buying oneself restlessly 4. disturbing or bothering someone Which definition best matches the meaning of fussing as it is used in line 93 of the poem "stevie and me"? "If someone had been fussing with me to read like my sister, I might have missed..."

• Definition 4

• Definition 3

• Definition 2

• Definition 1

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

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

• plans to be a writer regardless of what others say

• considers becoming a teacher or a lawyer

• is better at writing stories than telling them

• wants to impress her family with her writing skills

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

The speaker's frequent comparisons between herself and her sister best emphasize-

• how much the speaker wants to be like her sister

• how much the speaker has improved as a student

• how different from her sister the speaker feels

• how talented the speaker's sister is

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

When I speak, /the words come pouring out of me. Is this a depressing mood? ("writing #1" lines 2-3)

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

How does the author's family react to her desire to become a writer?

• They point out how often hobbies become careers.

• They reveal how much they enjoy her stories.

• They suggest more 'realistic' goals.

• They offer encouragement.

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CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

until there is nothing but pink/bits of eraser and a hole now. Is this a depressing mood. ("writing #1," lines 13-14)

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4