Poem Family
Authored by Margaret Anderson
English
6th - 7th Grade
CCSS covered
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
How many stanzas are in the poem below?
My grandmothers were strong.
They followed plows and bent to toil.
They moved through fields sowing seed.
They touched earth and grain grew.
They were full of sturdiness and singing.
My grandmothers were strong.
My grandmothers are full of memories
Smelling of soap and onions and wet clay
With veins rolling roughly over quick hands
They have many clean words to say.
My grandmothers were strong.
Why am I not as they?
1
2
6
12
Tags
CCSS.RL.6.4
CCSS.RL.7.10
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RL.7.5
CCSS.RL.5.4
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
How many lines are in the poem below?
My grandmothers were strong.
They followed plows and bent to toil.
They moved through fields sowing seed.
They touched earth and grain grew.
They were full of sturdiness and singing.
My grandmothers were strong.
My grandmothers are full of memories
Smelling of soap and onions and wet clay
With veins rolling roughly over quick hands
They have many clean words to say.
My grandmothers were strong.
Why am I not as they?
2
4
6
12
Tags
CCSS.RL.6.4
CCSS.RL.7.10
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RL.7.5
CCSS.RL.5.5
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
Look at the stanza below. Lines 1 and 6 are exactly the same. Lines 2-5 start with the word "they". What type of figurative language is this?
My grandmothers were strong.
They followed plows and bent to toil.
They moved through fields sowing seed.
They touched earth and grain grew.
They were full of sturdiness and singing.
My grandmothers were strong.
Onomatopoeia
Personification
Repetition
Simile
Tags
CCSS.RL.6.4
CCSS.RL.7.10
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RL.7.5
CCSS.RL.5.4
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
What does author's craft mean?
The point-of-view from which the story is told
Author's grammar and punctuation usage
Choices the author makes to make the poem more interesting or meaningful
Tags
CCSS.RI.6.9
CCSS.RI.7.6
CCSS.RI.7.9
CCSS.RL.6.6
CCSS.RL.7.6
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
5 mins • 1 pt
Which statement best describes how the author organized her poem?
My father was brilliant embarrassed funny handsome
my mother was plain serious principled1 kind
my grandmother was intelligent lonesome for her
other life her dead children silent
my aunt was beautiful bitter angry loving
I fell among these adjectives in earliest childhood
and was nearly buried with opportunity
some of them stuck to me others
finding me American and smooth slipped away
The first stanza criticizes her mother and the second stanza criticizes her father.
The author describes her family members in the first stanza. She describes how that made her feel in the second stanza.
The first stanzas describes family members with adjectives and the second explains the definition of adjectives.
Tags
CCSS.RL.6.4
CCSS.RL.7.10
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RL.7.5
CCSS.RL.5.5
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
One theme from "Lineage" is that the poet aspires to be strong like her grandmothers. Which line from the poem best supports this theme?
My grandmothers were strong.
My grandmothers are full of memories.
Smelling of soap and onions and wet clay.
With veins rolling rough over quick hands.
Tags
CCSS.RL.5.2
CCSS.RL.5.9
CCSS.RL.6.2
CCSS.RL.7.2
CCSS.RL.8.2
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
One theme from "Family" is that the poet admires his family members. Which line from the poem best supports that theme?
finding me American and smooth slipped away
I fell among these adjectives in earliest childhood
and was nearly buried with opportunity
My father was brilliant embarrassed funny handsome
Tags
CCSS.RL.5.2
CCSS.RL.5.9
CCSS.RL.6.2
CCSS.RL.7.2
CCSS.RL.8.2
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