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Yo-Yo Ma Swimming to the Rock/Guilty 4/5

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11 questions

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Question 8

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Why does the poem utilized repetition in line 1 and 26? Provide your short constructed response in the box below:

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Question 3

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Question 4

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Question 9

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Question 10

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Question 11

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Stanzas 2 and 4 in the poem highlight which emotion in the speaker: 

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The author of the poem uses alliteration in lines 28 though 30 mostly likely to

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The author includes line 22 in order to illustrate 

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By the end of the poem the speaker changes her mind about swimming. How do stanzas 3 and 4 impact her decisions? 

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In stanza 4 the word WILD means "with strong emotion." Select TWO lines from the poem that help the reader understand the meaning of this word

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The imagery in line 3 and 4 help the reader to understand that

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Select the TWO lines from the poem that show the reader the parents believed they knew the truth about what happened. 

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Part A: The poem is told from what point of view? 

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Part B: Based on your selection on question 9, highlight a line from the poem to support your response. 

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On line 19, the author uses italics for the word always to

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