from Brown Girl Dreaming

1       What is the most likely reason the author tells her memoir in verse, not prose?

• To reflect the way people often recall memories

• To describe several events from her childhood

• To tell about the events of her life in order

• To draw about the events of her life

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CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

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2.  Read the sentences from the poem “writing #1.”

When I speak, / the words come pouring out of me.

The story / wakes up and walks all over the room.

Which idea does the figurative language in the sentences best express?

• Making up stories often gets the speaker into trouble.

• Writing stories is part of the speaker’s family traditions.

• Sharing stories with others is enjoyable to the speaker.

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

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.7.10

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3       Read the sentence from “writing #1.”

But as I bend over my composition notebook, / only my name / comes quickly.

How does the sentence contribute to the poem “writing #1”?

• It introduces the speaker.

• It introduces the speaker.

• It introduces the speaker.

• It establishes the conflict.

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

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4       In the poem “late autumn,” the speaker changes from feeling —

• fascinated to bored

• frustrated to hopeful

• confident to discouraged

• misunderstood to beloved

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CCSS.RL.6.4

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5 . In contrast to the poem “the other woodson,” the poem “reading” shows how the speaker —

• struggles in school

• wants to be a writer

• behaves and thinks like her sister

• feels pride in being different from her sister

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CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

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6.  Read the sentence from “stevie and me.”

I’d never have believed / that someone who looked like me / could be in the pages of the book / that someone who looked like me / had a story.

Which three elements of a memoir is this sentence an example of? 

• Informal tone, First-person point of view, Insight into personal important moment

• Formal tone, insight into historical important moment,

• Third-person point of view, insight into personal important moment, formal tone

• Formal Tone, Insight into personal important moment, third-person point of view

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CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

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7. The last three lines of the poem “when i tell my family” show that the speaker —

• is better at writing stories than telling them

• considers becoming a teacher or a lawyer

• plans to be a writer regardless of what others say

• wants to write stories about her school and family

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CCSS.RL.6.4

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CCSS.RL.7.5

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8.  "When I speak, / the words come pouring out of me."
 (“writing #1,” lines 2–3)    

"What mood does this quotation convey from the poems? 

• depressing

• hopeful

• melancholy

• exhausting

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CCSS.RL.6.4

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CCSS.RL.5.5

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9.   Until there is nothing but pink / bits of eraser and a hole now (“writing #1,” lines 13–14)

"What mood does this quotation convey from the poems? 

• hopeful

• depressing

• happy

• joyful

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CCSS.RI.6.7

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CCSS.RL.6.9

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10.  The speaker’s frequent comparisons between herself and her sister best emphasize —

• how talented the speaker’s sister is

• how incapable the speaker feels

• how much the speaker has improved as a student

• how much the speaker wants to be like her sister

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3