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Think Up Unit 7

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32 questions
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What instrument is being played in the story?

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How long has the narrator been taking piano lessons?

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How often does the narrator practice playing the piano?

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What does Ruben initially struggle with during his practice?

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How does Ruben's teacher respond to his mistakes?

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What advice does Ruben's teacher offer him?

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What action does Ruben take after receiving encouragement from his teacher?

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What is the family heirloom described in the text?

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Describe the history of the guitar as presented in the text.

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Who was the original owner of the guitar?

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The granddaughter plays the guitar every day.

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What instrument does the daughter's young son pick up one winter morning?

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How does the son feel about the sound the guitar makes?

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How old is the daughter's young son?

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Lines 1 and 2 help the reader determine that Mrs. Graham —

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The second stanza (lines 11–22) suggests that the speaker —

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Mrs. Graham’s dialogue with Ruben shows that she is —

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The alliteration in line 32 highlights the speaker’s —

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What does the personification in lines 33–36 help the reader visualize?

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The poet includes onomatopoeia in line 40 to emphasize that —

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The poet uses the poem’s structure to emphasize —

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What can the reader conclude about the speaker’s feelings about the guitar?

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Which lines from the poem best support the answer to Part A?

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Based on the endings of the poems, which of these predictions can the reader make about both Ruben in "Lessons" and the daughter’s son in "Family Strings"?

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One way the texts are different is that only "Lessons" has a character who —

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Which event in "Family Strings" is similar to Ruben imperfectly playing the piano in "Lessons"?

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Complete the sentence by selecting the correct answer from each drop-down menu. "Lessons" is written in _____ while "Family Strings" is written in _____

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Why does the poet include the figurative language in lines 27–29 from "Lessons": "They are clumsy– two bags of sand too heavy to lift"? Use evidence from the text to support your answer.

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How do the poets of both "Lessons" and "Family Strings" use imagery effectively? Use evidence from both texts to support your answer.

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How does a poet’s choice of language make a poem enjoyable for the reader?

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How is a poem different from other literary texts?

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How does using interesting language help poets create images for the reader?