Tone and Speaker "A Voice"/"Words Like Freedom"

Based on the descriptions in lines 6–16, what can the reader infer about the person referred to as you in “A Voice”?

• She disagrees with what her father says.

• She wishes she could stand up to her father.

• She feels serious and respectful around her father.

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

Which two excerpts from the poem show that the speaker feels serious and respectful around her father?

• In your house that smelled like / rose powder (lines 6–7)

• you spoke Spanish formal / as your father, the judge without a courtroom (lines 7–8)

• He walked slow / as a hot river down the narrow hall / of your house (lines 10–12)

• You never dared to race past him, / to say, “Please move,” (lines 12–13)

• in the language / you learned effortlessly (lines 13–14)

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which two excerpts from “A Voice” most clearly express the poem’s tone of gratitude?

• You told me only once about the time you went / to the state capitol (lines 25–26)

• the only Mexican in the auditorium (line 28)

• Their eyes were pinpricks, and you faked / hoarseness (lines 30–31)

• You taught the four of us to speak up. (line 35)

• This is America, Mom. The undo-able is done / in the next generation. (lines 36–37)

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

What tone can be inferred in lines 5–8 of “Words Like Freedom”?

• Grim 😬

• Annoyed 😒

• Miserable 😩

• Sorrowful 😪

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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 two emotions are expressed in both poems?

• Joy 🤩

• Fear 😧

• Pride 🥹

• Anger 😡

• Nervousness 😰

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CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9