Non-fiction & Poetry

THE POWER OF STRESS

What is the controlling idea of this article?

• Stress is a daily part of life and can be a good motivator.

• Stress has chemical effects on the body.

• Stress can cause people to get things done.

• Stress has chemical effects on the body and can have both beneficial and harmful effects.

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CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

THE POWER OF STRESS

Which statement best explains the organizational pattern used in this article?

• The similarities and differences between the different types of stress are explained.

• The chronological order of how stress develops is explained.

• The classification of the characteristics of stress emphasize its negative effects on the body.

• The description of the effects of stress on daily life and health are explained.

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

THE POWER OF STRESS

The primary purpose of this selection is to --

• Inform the reader about the effects of stress on daily life and health

• Persuade the reader to embrace stress as a motivator

• Explain how stress affects the body

• Highlight how untreated stress can cause panic attacks

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CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

THE POWER OF STRESS

Based on paragraph 5, what inference can be made about stress that does not end?

• It is stress that causes health problems such as panic attacks

• It can be unhealthy and may need medical treatment, so it is important to know how to manage stress

• It can cause a release of adrenaline

• It can be a good motivator

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CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

THE POWER OF STRESS

What is the most likely reason for the author's purpose for presenting the information in paragraph 4?

• To emphasize that stress is a motivator

• To explain the biological effects of stress

• To contrast how adrenaline and cortisol are different

• To compare stress to anxiety

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CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

GOOD MORNING POEM

The speaker's dialogue throughout the poem Good Morning is significant because it helps set a tone of --

• Authority

• Irritation

• Exhaustion

• Franticness

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CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.5.4

GOOD MORNING POEM

What is the most likely reason the author uses an idiom in the mother's dialogue?

• To give the poem a reassuring mood

• To offer a different perspective on stress

• To highlight that the speaker's stress is changing her behavior

• To suggest that stress can be a good motivator to wake up early

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CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

GOOD MORNING POEM

The author indents every other line in lines 1-16 in order to

• emphasize the conversation between the speaker and her mother

• create a rhyme scheme

• contrast the mother and the daughter's stress levels

• build a plot twist

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CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

GOOD MORNING POEM

Lines 17-41 are important to the plot of the poem "Good Morning" because that is when --

• the speaker's perspective on her own stress has changed

• the mother decides to listen to her daughter

• the speaker realizes her life is not as stressful as she thinks

• the speaker reaches the climax of her frustration

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CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

GOOD MORNING POEM

What is the most likely reason the author used limited point of view in the poem "Good Morning?"

• To show why the speaker is in a rush

• To show why the mother wants to feed the speaker breakfast

• To illustrate why the mother is interested in her daughter's stress

• To portray how the speaker's stress is affecting her relationship with her mother

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CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4