Maya Angelou & Poetic Devices

"I’m a black ocean, leaping and wide,

Welling and swelling I bear in the tide."

This quote is an example of _____________.

• alliteration

• metaphor

• simile

• hyperbole

Which is not a possible theme of 'Still I Rise?'

• pride

• defeat

• injustice

• courage

'Angry, triumphant, challenging' and 'affirming' are all possible ___________ of 'Still I Rise.'

• moods/tones

• past perfects

• personifications

• first conditionals

Maya Angelou uses “I rise” as which poetic device?

• imagery

• metaphor

• alliteration

• repetition

'No matter what situation you are in, there’s always hope' is a possible _________.

• alliteration

• message

• simile

• theme

What kind of childhood did Maya Angelou have?

• blissful and simple

• complicate, yet easy

• difficult and unhappy

• rich and luxurious

What kind of work did Maya Angelou NOT do when she was young?

• mechanic

• cook

• dancer

• streetcar conductor

Why did Angelou write the poem called On the Pulse of Morning?

• One morning, Angelou woke up and she could feel her pulse in her throat. She knew it meant it was time to write a new poem.

• Former US president Bill Clinton’s requested that she write a poem and read it at his swearing-in ceremony.