Unit 5.18 Unit Test Study Guide

What is the central idea in the article "Introduction to Found Poetry"?

• A. Dada artists are known for creating art that breaks the rules and mocks traditional art.

• B. Poets use a variety of sources and approaches to create found poems.

• C. Most poems have a structure that includes lines and stanzas.

• D. Some poets argue that found poems are not original works, but are plagiarized.

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

Read this excerpt from "Mowgli's Brothers."

A black shadow dropped down into the circle. It was Bagheera the Black Panther, inky black all over, but with the panther markings showing up in certain lights like the pattern of watered silk. Everybody knew Bagheera, and nobody cared to cross his path, for he was as cunning as Tabaqui, as bold as the wild buffalo, and as reckless as the wounded elephant. But he had a voice as soft as wild honey dripping from a tree, and a skin softer than down.

QUESTION: Which words from the excerpt best create a fearful tone?

• A. cunning, bold, reckless

• B. dripping, cross, inky

• C. wild, wounded, down

• D. shadow, dropped, markings

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CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

In "Primary Lessons" from Silent Dancing: A Partial Remembrance of a Puerto Rican Childhood, what can the reader infer about the author's father?

• 1. He helps his children to fit into American culture.

• 1. He expects his children to be perfect. 

• 1. He is too busy to spend very much time with his family. 

• 1. He leaves important decisions to his wife.

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

In the short story "All Summer in a Day," what does the rain symbolize?

• • sameness

• happines

• rebirth

• indifference

Which word best describes the tone of "Tears of Autumn"?

• peaceful

• humorous

• ruthless

• tense

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

petal: flower ::

Which pair of words has the same relationship to one another as petal and flower have to one another?

• • foot: hand

• • note: song

• • pen: paper

• • storm: thunder

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

We drove along the familiar route to the mountain cabin, but since the fire, the landscape looked so alien to me.

What is the relationship between the words alien and familiar and how does it affect their meaning?

• • They are synonyms; they are nearly the same.

• • They are cognates; their meanings are connected because they developed from the same Greek root words.

• • They are synonyms; their meanings are exactly the same.

• • They are antonyms; their meanings are the exact opposite of each other.

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Which sentence uses a verb that agrees with its subject?

• Has the children come back from the playground?

• There are a stack of books on the table.

• My clean clothes were folded neatly on the bed.

• Across the street there are a bookstore.

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CCSS.L.3.1F

Which choice best symbolizes of the law of the jungle in "Law of the Jungle"?

• the rights of the individual

• the way societies crumble

• the codes of society

• violence and chaos

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

What do the wolves symbolize in "Law of the Jungle"?

• all wild beasts

• human beings

• tigers

• criminals

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4