Euphoria

Euphoria means extreme

• joy.

• skill.

• hope.

• wealth.

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CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Which of these is a feature of free verse used in "Euphoria"?

• lines that follow a set rhythm.

• lines that are the same length.

• rhyming words at the end of each line.

• no punctuation at the end of each line.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.11

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

A free verse structure helps capture

• an angry mood.

• the speaker's feelings.

• the poem's strong music.

• the beat of a human heart.

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CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

The speaker of the poem repeats the phrase "I want to." This creates a feeling of

• anger.

• desire.

• curiosity.

• suffering.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

The poem "Euphoria" is mostly about

• confusion.

• admiration.

• temptation.

• expression.

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CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Which of the lines most strongly communicates the speaker's euphoria?

• today I am filled with such a felling of greatness and immortality

• I find blinking a hazard

• it takes too much time and leaves me in the darkness

• but no one seems to notice

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Read the last line of the poem:

... maybe I will

The details in the last line suggest that

• anything is possible.

• change is necessary.

• time passes very quickly.

• life is full of disappointment.

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CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Expression means a way to

• excuse bad behavior.

• communicate creatively.

• expand the size of an object.

• repair something that is broken.

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

The structure of a poem is

• the way it is organized.

• the way readers react to it.

• the reason the author wrote it.

• the message it communicates.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.11

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Which is an example of the loose structure of this poem?

• The lines do not rhyme.

• All of these.

• There is no punctuation.

• There is no capitalization.

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CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5