BOOK BASICS
Which TWO features make Brown Girl Dreaming different from a regular prose memoir?
A. It is written in verse and organized as a series of poems
B. It is only dialogue and has no narrator
C. It is written in third person and uses chapters
D. It is a fantasy story told in rhyme
What are written in verse and organized as a series of poems
What is a conflict in a story or poem?
What is a problem or struggle?
Why does the author often compare the speaker with her sister?
What is to emphasize how the speaker sees herself as different and sometimes less capable
What is a theme or central message?
The big lesson or message of a text
What is text evidence?
A specific detail or quotation that supports your answer
What does it mean that Brown Girl Dreaming is written in verse?
What is the writing is arranged in lines like poetry
When only the speaker’s name comes quickly as she bends over her notebook, what does that detail establish?
What is the conflict?
In “reading,” what does the italic text show?
What the speaker is thinking
What message is shown in “stevie and me”?
It is important for children to see people like themselves in stories
After using text evidence, what should a strong answer do next?
A. Repeat the question only
B. Explain how the evidence supports the answer
C. Add an unrelated detail
D. Change the topic
B. Explain how the evidence supports the answer
What point of view is used in Brown Girl Dreaming?
How does the speaker’s feeling change in “late autumn”?
What is Frustrated to hopeful
Which line BEST shows the speaker’s relationship to her sister?
What is “I am the other Woodson”
What does the ending of “when i tell my family” show?
The speaker plans to become a writer regardless of what others say
What is a text-to-self connection?
A. A connection between the text and your own life
B. A connection between two vocabulary words
C. A summary of every poem
D. A prediction about the sequel
A. A connection between the text and your own life
Which words are the BEST clue that a text is written in first person?
What is I, Me, My?
What mood is created by “When I speak, / the words come pouring out of me”?
What is hopeful?
What do comparisons between the speaker and her sister help the reader understand?
How the speaker feels about being different from her sister
Which is the BEST example of a complete theme?
A. Books
B. Family
C. Seeing yourself represented in stories can help you feel that your own story matters
D. Reading
C. Seeing yourself represented in stories can help you feel that your own story matters
Which response would BEST answer a personal-connection question?
A. Give only a one-word answer
B. Copy the entire poem
C. Describe your experience, connect it to the speaker, and use details from the poem
D. Write only about the speaker
C. Describe your experience, connect it to the speaker, and use details from the poem
In “writing #1,” what does “the words come pouring out of me” show?
What is telling made-up stories aloud comes easily to the speaker?
What mood is created by “pink / bits of eraser and a hole now”?
What is depressing?
In “reading,” what does the speaker begin to feel about being different from her sister?
Pride
When finding a theme, which details are MOST helpful?
A. Repeated ideas, feelings, events, and important details
B. Only the title
C. Only the first line
D. The number of lines in the poem
A. Repeated ideas, feelings, events, and important details
If a question asks how a detail “contributes to” a poem, what should you explain?
A. What the detail adds, such as conflict, mood, or information about the speaker