Brown Girl Dreaming

What is a memoir?

• insight into some else's life

• insight to a personal, important moment

• insight into her thoughts and dreams

• insight into the impact of a historical event

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

What is the typical point of view of a memoir?

• 3rd person limited

• 3rd person omniscient

• 1st person

• 2nd person

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CCSS.RL.6.6

What type of language is being used in Brown Girl Dreaming?

• Informal

• Formal

• Casual

• Fancy

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CCSS.L.6.3B

CCSS.L.6.5C

CCSS.RL.6.4

What comes easy for the author in writing #1?

• Nothing

• Writing Stories down on paper

• Speaking to the teacher

• Making up stories, speaking them

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CCSS.W.6.3A

Which figurative language is being used by the author in writing #1?

• Simile

• Onomatopoeia

• Personification

• Alliteration

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CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

In lines 3-6, the author is claiming that the story is performing all of those actions? Is this true? If not, who is the author referencing?

• Yes, it is the story

• No, it is the author

• No, it is the teacher

• Yes, because that's what the story says

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

What is the most likely reason the author tells her memoir in verse (set rhythm), not prose (no consistent rhythm)?

• To reflect the way people often recall memories

• To describe several events from her childhood

• To tell about the events of her life in order

• To emphasize the setting and characters

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CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.5

CCSS.RL.6.9

But as I bend over my composition notebook, / only my name / comes quickly.

How does the sentence contribute to the poem "writing #1" (think: what is the poem about)?

• It establishes the conflict.

• It introduces the speaker.

• It describes the setting.

• It adds imagery.

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CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.5

Why is there a hole in the author’s paper?

• She put it there on purpose

• She thought it was funny

• She is bored

• She keeps making mistakes

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CCSS.RI.6.6

In the poem "late autumn," the speaker changes from feeling from what to what?

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CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2