R.1.4R.3.1 Comparing Poems Study Guide Check

Choose the best paraphrase for the following question:

What is the purpose of the metaphor in line 8 of “A Voice”?

• Where the poem takes place

• What the metaphor means and why it's used

• Who is speaking in the poem

• When the poem was written

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RI.1.1

What is the purpose of the metaphor in line 8 of 'A Voice'?

• To describe the manner of the father

• To describe the education of the speaker

• To describe how the father felt proud of his child

• To describe how the speaker felt proud

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

Choose the best paraphrase for the following question:

The simile in line 23 of “A Voice” helps the reader understand that the mother and aunt are —

• What figurative language is

• What the simile says about the mother and aunt

• What the poem means

• How to find setting

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CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

The simile in line 23 of 'A Voice' helps the reader understand that the mother and aunt are —

• loud

• strange

• beautiful

• confident

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

Choose the best paraphrase for the following question:

What does the figurative language in lines 30–33 of “A Voice” help the reader understand about the

• What figurative language is

• What the figurative language shows about the speaker’s mother

• What the poem is mostly about

• What the setting is

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

What does the figurative language in lines 30–33 of 'A Voice' help the reader understand about the speaker’s mother?

• She is excited.

• She is nervous.

• She is restless.

• She is uncertain

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

Choose the best paraphrase for the following question:

Which TWO excerpts from “A Voice” show a tone of gratitude?

• Which lines describe setting

• Which lines create a grateful tone

• Which poem is longer

• Which poem compares characters

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CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RI.7.7

Which TWO excerpts from 'A Voice' show a tone of gratitude?

• only Mexican in the auditorium

• Their eyes were pinpricks…

• You taught the four of us to speak up.

• This is America, Mom…

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Choose the best paraphrase for the following question:

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

• What tone the poet is using

• Who the narrator is

• Where the poem is set

• What figurative language means

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

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

• Grim

• Annoyed

• Miserable

• Sorrowful

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4