Famous

What is most closely the meaning of “famous” as it used in the text?

• To be known about by many people

• To be well-known by someone or something

• To be liked by many people

• To be popular and often seen

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CCSS.L.5.6

CCSS.L.6.2B

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.2B

CCSS.L.8.2C

The following stanza mainly shows that ___________________.

The boot is famous to the earth,
more famous than the dress shoe,
which is famous only to floors.

• Boots are more famous than dress shoes.

• It is easy to become famous through contact.

• Something can only be famous to another that knows it well.

• Dress shoes are more important than boots.

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CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.7

CCSS.RL.7.7

Which of the following inferences about the speaker is best supported by the text?

• The speaker wants to be well-known and well-liked by others.

• The speaker sees being famous as difficult.

• The speaker thinks that being famous will make life better.

• The speaker wishes to be well-known to herself.

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

Which passage from the poem best supports your answer to Question 3?

• “I want to be famous in the way a pulley is famous, / or a buttonhole, not because it did anything spectacular, / but because it never forgot what it could do.”

• “The bent photograph is famous to the one who carries it / and not at all famous to the one who is pictured.”

• “The loud voice is famous to silence”

• “I want to be famous to shuffling men / who smile while crossing streets”

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

Match the following objects to those they are famous to in the poem.

The river is famous to __________

• silence

• the birds

• the fish

• the cheek

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

Match the following objects to those they are famous to in the poem.

The loud voice is famous to_______

• silence

• the birds

• the cheek

• the earth

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

Match the following objects to those they are famous to in the poem.

The cat is famous to __________

• the one who carries it

• the cheek

• your bosom

• the birds

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

Match the following objects to those they are famous to in the poem.

The tear is famous to __________

• the earth

• your bosom

• the cheek

• the fish

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

Match the following objects to those they are famous to in the poem.

The boot is famous to ___________

• the birds

• the earth

• silence

• your bosom

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

The photograph is famous to ___________

• the fish

• silence

• the cheek

• the one who carries it

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3