Those Winter Sundays

Why is the multiple meaning of the word OFFICES in line 14 important to the poem?

• It refers to both a duty and a service done for others

• It conveys the father's mixed emotions

• it refers to a place and an executive position

• it indicates the size of the speaker's house

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In line 5, the sentence " No one ever thanked him", suggests the poem explores the theme of

• uninformed judgement

• domestic problems

• suppressed excitement

• belated gratitude

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The poem's setting is important because it helps contrast - extra credit

• The family's physical closeness and emotional distance

• The opinions of the hardworking father and the lazy child

• Th presence of the father and the absence of the mother

• The different values of the siblings in  the family

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The author begins a new stanza in line 6 most liekly to show a shift from

• The distant past to the immediate future

• literal language to figurative language

• a focus on the father to a focus on the speaker

• an uncritical attitude to a self critical attitude

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CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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I'd wake and hear the cold splintering, breaking.
When the rooms were warm, he'd call
and slowly I would rise and dress
fearing the chronic angers of that house
What is the tone of the lines?

• Happiness

• Warmth

• Apprehensive

• Fearful

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CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

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What emotion is expressed in the last two lines?

• appreciation

• embarrassment
  

• reflection

• regret

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CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

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What do you think the gist of the poem might be?

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CCSS.RL.9-10.2

What does the father do in the poem?

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What does this show about what the father cares about?

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What does this show about what the narrator cares about?

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

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