I'm Nobody! Who Are You?

Which of the following inferences about the speaker is best supported by the poem’s first stanza (lines 1-4)?

I’m Nobody! Who are you?

Are you – Nobody – too?

Then there’s a pair of us

Don’t tell! they’d advertise – you know!

• The speaker assumes that the listener is on her side.

• The speaker wants to change her name to something unfamiliar.

• The speaker fears the judgment of others.

• The speaker is tired of being famous.

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CCSS.RL.7.1

The second stanza (lines 5-8) adds to the development of the poem mainly by...

How dreary – to be – Somebody!

How public – like a Frog –

To tell one’s name – the livelong June –

To an admiring Bog!

• sharing personal details from the speaker’s own life

• suggesting that the poem takes place in June

• making it clear that the speaker of the poem is a frog

• further explaining why the speaker wouldn’t want to be “Somebody”

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CCSS.RL.7.2

Which of the following selections most closely describes the speaker’s opinion of audiences?

• She believes that it is necessary for a poet to have a wide audience.

• She thinks that audiences aren’t very intelligent.

• She only wants an audience that is respectful and kind.

• She believes that having a wide audience is a sign of importance.

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CCSS.SL.7.3

Which line from the poem best supports the correct answer to how the speaker’s opinion of audiences is described?

• “I’m Nobody! Who are you?”

• “Are you – Nobody – too?”

• “How dreary – to be – Somebody!”

• “To an admiring Bog!”

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CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.W.7.9A

Which word means muddy or swampy ground?

• livelong

• advertise

• bog

• dreary

Which word means dark or gloomy?

• livelong

• advertise

• bog

• dreary

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CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.RL.8.4

Which word means entire or whole?

• livelong

• advertise

• bog

• dreary

Which word means to do something to get other people’s attention?

• livelong

• advertise

• bog

• dreary

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CCSS.RI.7.4

Which word means exposed to open view?

• advertise

• public

• bog

• dreary

What is a possible topic of "I'm Nobody?"

• stay away from famous people

• wildlife and nature

• money and wealth

• privacy and being unknown

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CCSS.RL.7.2