Seamus Heaney : Mid-term break

What is the name of the poet who wrote "Mid-Term Break"?

• Seamus Haney

• Simon Heeny

• Seamus Heaney

• Seamus Heeny

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CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.K.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What age was the young boy's brother when he died?

• 3

• 4

• almost 4

• 5

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

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CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

How do the people in the community support the family?

• They help with making food

• They give the boy a lift home

• They send a card

• They help mind the baby

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

What type of flowers are by the bedside?

• Lilies

• Roses

• Daffodils

• Snow-drops

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

The poem Mid-Term Break is about

• A boy going home for the holiday but it is for a sad reason

• People trying to deal with a tragedy in their own way

• A young boy feeling who just lost his brother

• All of the above

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

Why was the boy embarrassed?

• because he forgot about the funeral

• because the old men were getting up and shaking his hand

• because he did not like the strangers

• because he was driving the car that killed his brother

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CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

who is being described here

"In hers and coughed out angry tearless sighs."

• His mother

• His aunt

• His father

• His brother

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

The title of the poem is an example of

• Juxtaposition

• Forewarning

• Metaphor

• Irony

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Which quatation shown a contrast of mood in the poem?

• In the porch I met my father crying

• Counting bells knelling

• The baby cooed and laughed and rocked the pram

• Wearing a poppy bruise

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

The repetition of /s/ is an example of:

"Counting bells knelling classes to a close"

• Alliteration

• Assonance

• Consonance

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4