"We Alone" and "It's all I have to bring today" Analysis

Who wrote the poem "We alone"

• Alice Walker

• Emily Dickinson

• Edgar Allan Poe

• Langston Hughes

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Who wrote "It's all I have to Bring Today"

• Alice Walker

• Emily Dickinson

• Edgar Allan Poe

• Langston Hughes

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What is the definition of the word "charismatic"?

• expressing one’s feelings or thoughts unselfconsciously and without restraint

• next to or adjoining something else

• exercising a compelling charm that inspires devotion in others

• composing many works

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What is the definition of the word "prolific"?

• exercising a compelling charm that inspires devotion in others

• composing many works

• ext to or adjoining something else

• expressing one’s feelings or thoughts unselfconsciously and without restraint

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What is the definition of the word "uninhibited"?

• exercising a compelling charm that inspires devotion in others

• expressing one’s feelings or thoughts unselfconsciously and without restraint

• composing many works

• expressing one’s feelings or thoughts unselfconsciously and without restraint

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"This could be our revolution:

to love what is plentiful

as much as

what's scarce."

What is the speaker's message?

• We should appreciate what we have as much as what we don't have.

• We can change the world by loving what we have instead of what we don't.

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CCSS.RL.8.3

"Wherever there is gold

there is a chain, you know,

and if your chain

is gold

so much the worse

for you. "

What is the poet's message?

• It is always good to care about money over everything else in life.

• If money is the only thing you care about you can become trapped like you would with a chain.

• The poet is comparing the gold chain as in jewelry with chains that are used to imprison people.

• Money can never become a trap for you.

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"It’s all I have to bring today—

This, and my heart beside—

This, and my heart, and all the fields—

And all the meadows wide—"

What is the poet's message in these lines?

• Where you come from has a huge impact on who you are.

• The sum of your experiences have a huge effect on who you are as a person.

• Meadows are boring places.

• Where you come from has no effect on who you are.

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Feathers, shells

and sea-shaped stones

are all as rare.

All of these have been used as what in the past?

• Just random stuff

• Building supplies

• Money

• Valuables

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What is one possible theme of the poem "We Alone" by Alice Walker

• Money is the most important thing in the world and that is a good thing.

• You should forget where you came from if it helps you get ahead.

• There are things more important in life than money.

• Money only has power over us if we let it.

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