WMS "In This Place" Amanda Gorman
Assessment
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English, Arts, Fun
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5th - 12th Grade
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Hard
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1.
Multiple Select
What is not described as "this place" according to the repeating phrase in the poem, "There's a poem in this place..."
... in the footfalls in the halls.
... the lined face of this noble building.
... in Boston's Copley Square
... in the North Pole
2.
Multiple Select
What can your infer from the text "It is here, at the curtain of the day, where America writes a lyric you must whisper to say?"
It is dangerous to speak loudly.
At the beginning of the day, all Americans have an important story to tell; even if it has to be very quiet.
It is fun to watch the curtains open at a play.
If you are too loud in the morning you can get in trouble.
3.
Multiple Select
What type of figurative language is Amanda Gorman using in this line of her poem?
"There’s a poem in Boston’s Copley Square where protest chants tear through the air like sheets of rain..."
simile
metaphor
alliteration
description
4.
Multiple Select
What is the BEST synonym for the word "yawning" in the line,
"There’s a poem in Los Angeles
yawning wide as the Pacific tide
where a single mother swelters
in a windowless classroom..."
tired
stretching
running
exhausted
5.
Multiple Choice
Why do you think Amanda Gorman chose to compare hope to a stubborn ship in the following simile?
"She knows hope is like a stubborn
ship gripping a dock..."
Storms are dangerous.
Having hope is as important as tying a ship tightly to a dock.
Ships are stubborn.
Having hope is dangerous.
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