"Your World" Review

What is the rhyme scheme of the FIRST stanza?

• ABCB

• AABB

• ABAB

• AAAB

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

Which of the following is a possible THEME for the poem?

• Don't try to go beyond your limits.

• The speaker is a bird who leaves the nest and explores the world.

• Birds are beautiful and should be protected at all costs.

• You have to go beyond your comfort zone to reach your potential.

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CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

Select the THREE examples of imagery / sensory language.

• My wings pressing close to my side

• I know, for I used to abide

• And I throbbed with a burning desire

• But I sighted the distant horizon

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

Select the TWO senses that Johnson appeals to in the poem.

• Sight

• Taste

• Feel / Touch

• Smell

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Which line contains alliteration?

• Your world is as big as you make it

• I know, for I used to abide

• In the narrowest nest in the corner

• My wings pressing close to my side

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

What is the extended metaphor in the poem?

• The speaker compares a bird to a nest

• The speaker compares herself to a bird

• The speaker compares a nest to the sky

• The speaker compares the sky to the sea

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

Which of the following describes the MOOD in the poem?

• Sad in the beginning; Happy in the end

• Confused in the beginning; Confused in the end

• Cramped & Restricted in the beginning; Free & Excited in the end

• Uncaring & Unfeeling in the beginning; Confused in the end

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.5