Mr. Rossi's Class



Main IdeaDetailsAuthor’s ChoiceVocab.Key Vocab/DefinitionExampleXExcerpt/ a small portionAll of the following divide South Gate from the narrator’s home EXCEPT:Which word could best replace?discarded?in Paragraph 2 without changing the meaning or tone?In Paragraph 3, the narrator uses which of the following?Which statement best describes the central idea of this passage?Which detail from the text best supports the central idea of the passage?Which words best describe the narrator’s complex attitude toward his brother?This passage is most likely an excerpt from which of the following?Which is most likely the reason Rodriguez uses a dash in Line 46?Which statement best describes the theme of this poem?Which detail from the poem best supports the theme?Why does the poet repeat the phrase “plenty reason” at the beginning of the three stanzas that follow this excerpt?“there we were, two Mexicans,six and nine-from Watts, no less.Oh, this was?plenty reasonto hate us.Which words best describe the speaker’s view of his brother?Which literary device is?NOT?used in Lines 49-61?SimileImageryHyperboleAlliterationWhich two stanzas best?reflect the shift in mood from the beginning to the end of the poem?Which sentence best?describes how Rodriguez’s word choice affects the portrayal of his brother in these excerpts?from?Always RunningUp until then my brother had never shown any emotion to me other than disdain. He had never asked me anything, unless it was a demand, an expectation, an obligation to be his throwaway boy-doll.from “‘Race’ Politics”Oh, my brother-now he was bad.Tough dude. Afraid of nothing.I was afraid of him.In the fifth stanza of his poem, Rodriguez repeats the word “lines,” but he leaves this out of his piece?Always Running. Which of the following best?describes the impact this choice has on the reader? ................
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