Poetry & Maya Angelou

Poetry & Maya Angelou

​Our Agenda

Poetry Basics Review
Maya Angelou Biography
"Still I Rise"
"Caged Bird"

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What are you most anticipating about Winter Break?

Multiple Choice

What is the narrator of a poem called?

• Author

• Main Character

• Speaker

• Mistress of Ceremonies

Multiple Choice

What is the meaning of lines 7-8?

(In vain; then even the monsters we defy

Shall be constrained to honor us though dead!)

• that the enemy are a bunch of emotionless monsters

• that dying honorably forces even the enemy to pay their respects

• that they are ready to fight back against the enemy despite the dire circumstances

• that they are united as one front against an un-unified enemy

Multiple Choice

"At first you'll joy to see the playful snow" is an example of:

• alliteration

• simile

• personification

• metaphor

Multiple Choice

"Like white moths trembling on the tropic air" is an example of:

• metaphor

• assonance

• simile

• personification

Multiple Choice

What is the best definition of theme?

• A universal truth, moral, or idea that the author wants to express. 

• The location and time of the story

• The events that occur in the story

• The author's reason for writing a story

Multiple Choice

"If we must die-let it not be like hogs" is an example of:

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Alliteration

Multiple Choice

Hold fast to dreams

For if dreams die

Life is a broken-winged bird

That cannot fly.

Has what rhyme scheme?

• ABAB

• ABCD

• ABCB

• IDK

Multiple Choice

"Life is a broken-winged bird/That cannot fly" is an example of:

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Assonance

Multiple Choice

What is the theme of this poem?

• family first

• Don't judge a book by its cover.

• Jealousy

• Believe in yourself

​Time to Actively Learn

​Let's return to Actively Learn to read two poems together & experience some audio/visual renditions. First we will watch/listen to/read "I Will Rise".

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Please take your time with each of the questions, particularly the short answer questions. Remember to RACE & ANSWER ALL PARTS OF THE QUESTION!

Multiple Choice

"But still, like dust, I'll rise" is an example of:

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Allusion

Multiple Choice

What is the rhyme scheme?

You may write me down in history

With your bitter, twisted lies,

You may trod me in the very dirt

But still, like dust, I'll rise

• ABAB

• ABCB

• AABB

• ABCD

Multiple Choice

'I'm a black ocean, leaping and wide" is an example of:

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Refrain

​Pause...

Please return to Actively Learn to read Maya Angelou's "Caged Bird"...

Multiple Choice

What is the main conflict in this poem?

• The caged bird hates the free bird.

• The caged bird longs for the life of the free bird.

• The free bird laughs at the caged bird.

• The free bird cannot sing as well as the caged bird.

Multiple Choice

What is this poem mainly about?

• Freedom and slavery

• The lives of birds

• Joy and singing

• The dreams of birds

Multiple Choice

The poem alternates between describing the free bird and the caged bird. This structure emphasizes

• the contrast between being free and confined.

• the similarity between the experiences of being free and confined.

• the complicated struggle of being free.

• the caged bird and free bird are the same species.

Multiple Choice

What do the rhyming words rage and cage in stanza 2 emphasize?

• the anger that can accompany a lack of freedom

• the sadness that can accompany a lack of freedom

• that it is possible to feel free even in a cage

• that the caged bird cannot sing

Multiple Choice

Stanzas 2 and 5 describe the caged bird: "his wings are clipped and / his feet are tied/ so he opens his throat to sing." This shows that

• the bird's body is imprisoned, but he refuses to stop expressing himself.

• the bird is imprisoned, but he is well-groomed and cared for.

• all birds sing the same song no matter their circumstances.

• the bird wants to entertain others despite being imprisoned.

Multiple Choice

Based on the context in stanza 5, "the grave of dreams" can be read as a figure of speech that shows the caged bird

• lives in a graveyard

• works to achieve a range of goals.

• has had to suppress many ambitions

• has given up acts as if he were dead

​Exact Path Assignments

Poetry
Figurative Meanings
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