Langston Hughes

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English
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8th Grade
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Hard
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Sarah Williams
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15 questions
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Who is the speaker in the poem?
The reader
A narrator
No-one
Langston Hughes
Tags
CCSS.RL.7.10
CCSS.RL.7.5
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.5
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
The poet's name is ___________
Langston Hughes
Hugh Langston
Langston Huge
Huge Longston
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CCSS.RI.11-12.9
CCSS.RI.9-10.9
CCSS.RI.K.6
CCSS.RL.11-12.9
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which of these lines shows how the poet feels about life without dreams?
"life is a barren field frozen with snow"
"when dreams go"
"hold fast to dreams"
"for if dreams die"
Tags
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which line in the poem is repeated?
For if dreams die
Hold fast to dreams
Life is a broken-winged bird
Frozen with snow
Tags
CCSS.RL.7.5
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What is the effect of repetition in the poem?
To emphasize that you should really hold on to your dreams and chase them.
To tell the reader that dreams always try and get away
To make up lines in the poem
The poet couldn't think of any other line
Tags
CCSS.RL.7.10
CCSS.RL.7.5
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.5
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
How do the poems What Happens to a Dream Deferred? and Dreams contrast?
the first has similes, the second has metaphors
the first has metaphors, the second has similes
the first has figurative language but the second doesn't
Tags
CCSS.RI. 9-10.7
CCSS.RI.8.7
CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RL.8.7
CCSS.RL.9-10.7
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up Like a raisin in the sun? What type of figurative language is NOT found in this excerpt?
simile
metaphor
alliteration
imagery
Tags
CCSS.RL.7.5
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
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