“Where I’m From” Quiz Click on the speaker and then the triangle to start the audio. Directions: Number a piece of notebook paper from Put your proper heading on it. Press “Enter” to advance the slides. Click on the speaker and then the triangle to hear the question and answer choices read aloud. Press the left arrow on the bottom of the keyboard to go back to a slide.

Question #1 Read the lines from the poem...the Dutch elm whose long-gone limbs I remember as if they were my own. What does the author suggest in this line? a. There were a lot of plants at her house. b. There were Dutch tulips in her garden. c. Her favorite tree from her childhood home is no longer standing. d. The author’s father planted a tree at their home.

Question #2 Read the lines from the poem. Under my bed was a dress box spilling old pictures, a sift of lost faces to drift beneath my dreams. I am from those moments-- snapped before I budded--leaf fall from the family tree. Which of the poem’s themes is presented in these lines? a. The best place to keep old pictures of your family is in a dress box. b. The author has a strong sense of connection to her family, even those she never met. c. The elm tree in her yard always dropped many leaves. d. The author has bad dreams at night about getting lost.

Question #3 Read the lines from the poem. I’m from the know-it-alls and the pass-it-ons… Which would be an appropriate synonym for know-it-alls in this line? a. smarty-pants b. highly intelligent person c. tattle-tales d. bullies

Question #4 Which line from the poem is a simile? a. I am from the forsythia bush b. with a cottonball lamb c. a sift of soft faces d. it tasted like beets

Question #5 The poet uses the refrains I am from and I’m from to express her a. confusion about family members she never met b. life experiences with locations and family members has shaped her c. desire to find a better place to live d. forgetfulness of many family traditions

Question #6 Read the lines from the poem...from Perk up! and Pipe down! The poet uses alliteration in this line to a. introduce rhyme b. enhance rhythm c. create metaphor d. introduce personification

Matching ____ 7. Personification a. the beginning sounds of words are alike ____ 8. Alliteration b. the ending sounds of words are alike ____ 9. Onomatopoeia c. human traits given to nonhuman items ____ 10. Hyperbole d. a word that is spelled like the sound it makes ____ 11. Rhyme e. extreme exaggeration ____ 12. Idiom f. figurative meaning is different from literal meaning Terms Meanings