Courage by Anne Sexton

It is in the small thing we see it . the pronoun "it" refers to

• The child's first step

• First time you rode a bike

• Courage

• None of the above

When they called you a crybaby or poor or fatty or crazy . The line indicates

• Negative aspects of courage

• Having the enough courage to challenge and defy bullies.

• Both are correct

• None of the above is correct

True / False A personification is figure of speech in which a nonhuman subject is given human characteristics .

• True

• False

The child's first step, as awesome as an earth quick. The line provides an examples of

• Simile

• metaphor

• personification

• alliteration

When death opens the black door, you will put on your carpet slippers and stride out. What does Sexton mean ?

• Sexton tells that the reader will not be weak and crawl or be dragged out.

• Sexton tells the reader that this will be his or her last act of courage

• Sexton tells that Instead of cowering in the corner, the reader will put on his or her slippers and “stride out.”

• All of the above

When death opens the black door, you will put on your carpet slippers and stride out. What is the figure of speech in this line?

• personification

• metaphor

• simile

• alliteration

If you have endured a great despair, then you did it alone. What is the life stage in this line according to sexton?

• Childhood

• adulthood

• middle age

• old age

You will put on your carpet slipper, and stride out . The underlined word stride out goes with

• Walk out with long steps

• Wander

• wonder

• move slowly in aimless way

How many stages of life are included in this poem?

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 1

True / False wallowing up the sidewalk. If someone is “wallowing” up the sidewalk, they are riding along feeling the glory of their accomplishment.

• True

• False