Stage Fright/Catching Quiet

What type of poem is “Stage Fright?”

• narrative poem

• acrostic

• limerick

• free verse

Read these lines from the poem: "I memorized each line. Learned them by heart." The poet uses the figurative expression “learned them by heart” to emphasize that the speaker —

• has volunteered to be in the play

• practices on the stage

• enjoys playing the role of the prince

• feels prepared for his performance

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CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

In line 3, why does the poet repeat and italicize the words, The Prince, from line 2?

• To show that the role will be difficult

• To emphasize that this role is important to the speaker

• To show that the speaker is familiar with the play

• To give the name of the play the speaker is in

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CCSS.L.5.2D

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

The poem is mostly about a speaker who —

• is chosen for a role in a play that he doesn’t understand

• has trouble with his lines after seeing his classmates in the audience

• experiences problems onstage but is able to finish his performance

• can hardly wait to be onstage because he has practiced so much

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CCSS.RL.5.2

What is the setting of the poem “Catching Quiet?”

• a city

• the sky

• an airport

• the country

What does the poet suggest the reader do when he or she“catches some quiet”?

• Take it home.

• Put it in your heart.

• Put it in your mind.

• Give it to another person.

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CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.4

What is the theme of these poems?

• Make things right

• Difficult goals are impossible

• Difficult goals can be accomplished

• If at first you do not succeed, try, try again.

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CCSS.RL.5.2

What does the word memorized mean?

• questioned persistently

• settled conclusively

• motivated by fear

• learned by heart

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CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.RI.5.4

Which word has almost the same meaning as the word ambitious?

• desire

• jealous

• need

• willingness

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CCSS.L.5.5C

What does the word satisfaction mean?

• the act of completing

• the act of separating

• the condition of being satisfied

• the condition of being qualified

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CCSS.RI.5.4