Poetry Unit Review: On turning 10 & HOPE

What is the main idea of "On Turning 10"?

• The narrator is sad at growing up and setting aside his early childhood.

• The narrator loves riding his bike but will not be able to ride it any more.

• The narrator is really sick and thinking of all of the things he loves about being a kid.

• The narrator thinks the audience is too old to remember what being a child is like.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

What does the audience learn about the narrator from the simile below? The whole idea of it makes me feel like I'm coming down with something.

• He is getting the flu.

• He feels worried that he is going to miss his party because he is sick.

• He feels sick when he thinks about growing older.

• He will feel better after he turns 10.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Which of the following lines contains a metaphor?

• The whole idea of it makes me feel

• Something worse than any stomach ache

• Or the headaches I get from reading in bad light

• A kind of measles of the

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

The third stanza appeals MOST to which sense? But now I am mostly at the window watching the late afternoon light. Back then it never fell so solemnly against the side of my tree house, and my bicycle never leaned against the garage as it does today. all the dark blue speed drained out of it.

• Sight

• Touch

• Hearing

• Smell

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What does the narrator mean by the lines below? and my bicycle never leaned against the garage as it does today. all the dark blue speed drained out of it.

• His bicycle has a flat tire.

• He can't ride his bicycle as fast as he used to.

• He accidentally left his bicycle outside.

• He doesn't use his bicycle as often anymore.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Why does the speaker say "sidewalks of life" instead of just "sidewalks"? Now when I fall upon the sidewalks of life, I skin my knees. I bleed.

• 1. It is literally talking about when he falls down.

• 1. It is a metaphor for being hurt by the hardships of life.

• 1. It is a metaphor for growing older.

• 1. It is a metaphor for being young and vulnerable. 

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What does the poet describe as the thing with feathers?

• soul

• life

• song

• hope

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

The poet uses the words "gale" and "storm" as metaphors. What might these words represent?

• hard or painful times

• pleasant times

• times of bad weather

• times of success and growth

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Hope is important and helpful in times of pain, sorrow, or difficulty. Which lines from the poem best supports this statement?

• A.  Lines 5-8

  
  

• B.  Lines 11-12

  
  

• C.  Lines 1-2

  
  

• D.  Lines 3-4

  
  

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

The poet says that hope "sings the tune without the words." Why might the poet have written that the tune has no words?

• A.  to indicate that people who are always hopeful are also often forgetful

• B.  to emphasize that hope does not need to be put into words to be felt

• C.  to suggest that people are usually unable to understand the feeling of hope

• D.  to point out that it is very difficult for people to express whether they feel hopeful or not

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9