U5 - Speech to the Young/Mother to Son

Alliteration is

• the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words
• vowel sounds that are repeated in two or more syllables
• comparing two things using "like" or "as"
• combining text clues with personal knowledge and experiences

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CCSS.RL.8.4

When two or more syllables repeat the same vowel sound, it is known as

• alliteration
• simile
• assonance
• hyperbole

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CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4

Silly seals, perky pony, and harmony-hushers are all examples of 

• assonance
• alliteration
• simile
• metaphor

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CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4

What can you infer from the following:
The advice is called a "hard home-run."
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In baseball, a home-run helps win the game 
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(inference)

• If you follow the advice, you will strike out.
• Following the advice can lead to success in life.
• By following the advice, you will still be forced to make your own decisions.
• Success can only come by luck.

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CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.4

Which sound device is evident in the following:
"...where there ain't been no light. 
So boy, don't you turn back."

• assonance
• alliteration
• simile
• hyperbole

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CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4

In "Speech to the Young," what does the speaker tell the young to say?

• "For that is the hard home-run."
• "Live not for battles won."
• "Even if you are not ready for day/it cannot always be night" (lines 6-7)
• "Live in the along."

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CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.4

What two things does the speaker in "Speech to the Young" say we should not live for?

• "battles won" or "the-end-of-the-song"
• "You will be right."
• "Don't you set down on the steps"
• "Life for me ain't been no crystal stair."

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CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.2

Who is the speaker in "Mother to Son"?

• Grandfather
• Son
• Grandmother
• Mother

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CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.3

What can you infer about the speakers attitude in "Speech to the Young"?

• The speaker expresses an attitude of optimism.  
• The speaker expresses an attitude of negativism.
• The speaker expresses an attitude of pessimism.
• The speaker doesn't care about anything or anyone.

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CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.W.8.9A

Which is not an element of lyric poetry?

• short in length
• a single speaker who expresses personal thoughts and feelings
• focuses on a single, strong idea
• consists of a designated number of lines