Speak - First Marking Period

Who is the narrator of the story?

• Rachel Bruin
• Andy Evans
• Melinda Sordino
• Mr. Freeman

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.6

On the first day of school, what "clan" does Melinda attribute herself to?

• nerds
• outcasts
• Marthas
• Thespians

"It is my first morning of high school. I have seven new notebooks, a skirt I hate, and a stomachache." What sort of tone is Melinda trying to convey?

• Dread

• Excitement

• Disgust

• Sadness

"My room belongs to an alien. It is a postcard of who I was in fifth grade." The second sentence is an example of what type of figurative language?

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Simile

• Symbolism

"The closet is abandoned -- it has no purpose, no name. It is the perfect place for me." The closet is a symbol for what?

• Melinda's need to belong and become popular.

• Melinda's feeling of rejection and invisibility.

• Melinda's wish to have a voice.

• Melinda's need to study in peace.

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

"She comes from the 'play till death or maiming' school of athletics." This is an example of what type of figurative language?

• Allusion

• Symbolism

• Hyperbole

• Imagery

Mr. Freeman said, "This is where you can find your soul, if you dare. Where you can touch that part of you that you've never dared look at before?" This could be seen as what form of figurative language?

• Foreshadowing

• Symbolism

• Simile

• Irony

"A stained armchair and an old-fashioned desk peek from behind a collection of mops and brooms. A cracked mirror tilts over a sink littered with dead roaches crocheted together with cobwebs. The taps are so rusted they don't turn." As a whole, this section is an example of what type of figurative language?

• Metaphor

• Symbolism

• Imagery

• Foreshadowing

"I have been dropped like a hot Pop Tart on a cold kitchen floor." What type of figurative language is this sentence?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Imagery

• Personification

A Marking Period is sectioned by several subtitles. What do the subtitles represent?

• Summary

• Supporting detail

• Main idea

• Plot