from My Uncle

Name the poet.

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CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Where is the poet from?

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

Name the subject of the poem.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

What is the subject's profession?

• mason

• construction worker

• carpenter

• doctor

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CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

The poem has _____ lines and _____ stanzas.

• 26;13

• 20;10

• 30;15

• 24;12

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CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

"...care tapped rat tat tat upon the handle". Which sound device is found in this line?

• assonance

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• repetition

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

"The knuckles of his hands were sil-

vered knobs of nails hit, hurt and flat-" shows which sound device?

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CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

"his clip clop sandals slapped across the concrete". This line from the poem is an example of which figure of speech?

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

"with plane and quick sandpaper until

it shone like this short-sighted glasses."

These lines from the poem contain an example of which figure of speech?

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Which letter is alliterative in the following lines?

"of his humpbacked chisel. Cold

world of wood caught fire as he whittled: rectangle"

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5