Brown Girl Dreaming Formative
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Which of these sentences contains the best example of onomatopoeia?
Which of these sentences contains the best example of onomatopoeia?
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What type of figurative language is the author using in the following lines?
I want to catch words one day. I want to hold them then blow gently, watch them float right out of my hands.
What type of figurative language is the author using in the following lines?
I want to catch words one day. I want to hold them then blow gently, watch them float right out of my hands.
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What type of figurative language is the author most clearly using in the following lines?
No sweet smell of honeysuckle. No soft squish of pine. No slip and slide through grass.
What type of figurative language is the author most clearly using in the following lines?
No sweet smell of honeysuckle. No soft squish of pine. No slip and slide through grass.
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What is the effect of the repetition in the lines below?
Everyone knows my sister is brilliant...Odella has achievedOdella has excelled atOdella has been recommended to Odella's outstanding performance in
What is the effect of the repetition in the lines below?
Everyone knows my sister is brilliant...
Odella has achieved
Odella has excelled at
Odella has been recommended to
Odella's outstanding performance in
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How many stanzas are there below?
She is gifted we are told. And I imagine presents surrounding her.
I am not gifted. When I read, the words twisttwirl across the page. When they settle, it is too late. The class has already moved on.
I want to catch words one day. I want to hold themthen blow gently, watch them floatright out of my hands.
How many stanzas are there below?
She is gifted
we are told.
And I imagine presents surrounding her.
I am not gifted. When I read, the words twist
twirl across the page.
When they settle, it is too late.
The class has already moved on.
I want to catch words one day. I want to hold them
then blow gently,
watch them float
right out of my hands.
Nouns
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Identify a common noun from the line below.
And for days and days, it is Christmas in November, games to play when our homework is done, Monopoly money to count and checkers to slam down on boards...
Identify a common noun from the line below.
And for days and days, it is Christmas in November, games to play when our homework is done, Monopoly money to count and checkers to slam down on boards...
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Identify a possessive noun from the lines below.
Down south already feels like a long time ago but the stories in my head take me back there, set me down in Daddy's garden where the sun is always shining.
Identify a possessive noun from the lines below.
Down south already feels like a long time ago but the stories in my head take me back there, set me down in Daddy's garden where the sun is always shining.
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Identify all of the proper nouns from the lines below.
And for days and days, it is Christmas in November, games to play when our homework is done, Monopoly money to count and checkers to slam down on boards...
Identify all of the proper nouns from the lines below.
And for days and days, it is Christmas in November, games to play when our homework is done, Monopoly money to count and checkers to slam down on boards...