Tone and Speaker "A Voice"/"Words Like Freedom"

Tone and Speaker "A Voice"/"Words Like Freedom"

6th Grade

5 Qs

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Tone and Speaker "A Voice"/"Words Like Freedom"

Tone and Speaker "A Voice"/"Words Like Freedom"

Assessment

Passage

English

6th Grade

Hard

CCSS
RL.6.4, RI.5.7, RL.7.10

+8

Standards-aligned

Created by

Katelyn Hunckler

Used 1+ times

FREE Resource

5 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Based on the descriptions in lines 6–16, what can the reader infer about the person referred to as you in “A Voice”?

She disagrees with what her father says.

She wishes she could stand up to her father.

She feels serious and respectful around her father.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

2.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Which two excerpts from the poem show that the speaker feels serious and respectful around her father?

In your house that smelled like / rose powder (lines 6–7)

you spoke Spanish formal / as your father, the judge without a courtroom (lines 7–8)

He walked slow / as a hot river down the narrow hall / of your house (lines 10–12)

You never dared to race past him, / to say, “Please move,” (lines 12–13)

in the language / you learned effortlessly (lines 13–14)

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

3.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Which two excerpts from “A Voice” most clearly express the poem’s tone of gratitude?

You told me only once about the time you went / to the state capitol (lines 25–26)

the only Mexican in the auditorium (line 28)

Their eyes were pinpricks, and you faked / hoarseness (lines 30–31)

You taught the four of us to speak up. (line 35)

This is America, Mom. The undo-able is done / in the next generation. (lines 36–37)

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What tone can be inferred in lines 5–8 of “Words Like Freedom”?

Grim 😬

Annoyed 😒

Miserable 😩

Sorrowful 😪

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

5.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Which two emotions are expressed in both poems?

Joy 🤩

Fear 😧

Pride 🥹

Anger 😡

Nervousness 😰

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

CCSS.RL.7.7