Growing Pains

The title of the poem refers to -

• physical pain associated with growing older

• emotional pain associated with growing up

• pain that grows worse over time

• pain that only grown-ups understand

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

What literary or poetic element creates rhythm in the first stanza (lines 1-6)?

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Rhyme

• Repetition

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

The words bawled me out (line 1) and okay (line 8) contribute to the poem's -

• formal style

• amusing style

• journalistic style

• conversational style

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Which of the following words is used as a metaphor in the poem?

• lazy (line 2)

• pigsty (line 3)

• Stiff (line 9)

• letter (line 14)

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

"Growing Pains" is a narrative poem because it -

• expresses the speaker's thoughts and feelings

• tells a story with characters and conflict

• has no regular rhythm or rhyme scheme

• describes the adventures of a hero

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

Every line of the poem comes to a complete stop. The poem also contains many short sentences. This structure suggests that the poem's speaker -

• is struggling to make sense of a series of events

• is breathless with rage over her encounter with her mother

• is trying to express the humdrum nature of an ordinary day

• assumes that her audience will have trouble understanding long sentences

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

The main idea that the writer most likely wants to convey is that -

• worry can sometimes cause a person to lash out against a loved one

• parents can sometimes behave like children

• young people can feel scared when they realize parents have problems of their own

• parents shouldn't share their personal problems with their children

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2