"New Orleans" Figurative Language/Theme

Why might an author place unrelated sentences next to each other?

• This technique stands out, helps lead readers to make inferences about the relationship between sentences

• The author wants to discuss how Desoto inspires her

• The author reveals the injustices of the removal of Creek indians

• All of the above

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Which of the following is the best possible inference about how the sentences are related: “Nearby is a shop with ivory and rocks. The man behind the counter has no idea that he is inside magic stones. He should find out before they destroy him. These things have memory, you know"

• The man will be purchasing magic from a shop.

• One can infer that the man is there for the wrong reasons

• No inferences can be made

• Red rocks (earth elements) have been here, which makes them magic, whereas ivory came later with settlers

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Which of the following is an example of a metaphor in the text?

• "I remember DeSoto"

• "He should have stayed home"

• "(And I hear boats hauling themselves up and down the river)"

• "It swims deep in blood, a delta in the skin (lines 22-24)".

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Which of the following types of words and/or phrases provide clues to theme in a text?

• Themes are explicitly stated, not inferred.

• Words or phrases are the same as theme.

• Repeated words and phrases/words/ideas

• The absence of words and phrases/words/ideas

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Which word or phrase is repeated in the following quote: His bones sunk like the golden treasure he traveled half the earth to find….came looking for gold cities, for shining streets of beaten gold to dance on with silk ladies (lines 37-50).

• Gold

• Earth/Silk

• No repetition occurs in this stanza.

• All of the above.

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Which of the following themes can be inferred from the text: “The Creeks knew it, and drowned him in the Mississippi River so he wouldn’t have to drown himself….I have seen New Orleans, the lace and silk buildings…..black mammy dolls holding white babies…” (lines 55-67).

• Death (drowned himself) luxury (lace/silk) racism (mammy dolls)

• Death (drowning) Happiness (Lace/Silk) Racism (Mammy Dolls)

• Genocide (drowning) Royalty (Lace/Silk) Motherhood (Dolls)

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Which of the following best answers why authors use similes in a text?

• Author's use similes so they do not have to use metaphors all the time.

• Helps readers visualize what the poet is describing, and sometimes they are used to convey a message.

• Similes help readers stay focused and engaged.

• Authors do whatever they wish during the writing process.

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Select the best answer for what the phrase “woman as gold as the river bottom” means (lines 71-72).

• The image combines the ideas of women and children dying for the sake of gold

• Women are valued as gold is

• Women are at the bottom of the social structure.

• The image combines women and children to emphasize the nature of motherhood.

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PART A: Which of the following words or phrases are examples of color imagery in the poem?

• "There are stories here made of memory" (line 36).

• "Red rocks" and "Blue horse"

• He is buried somehwere in this river (lines 37-38).

• "...before he came into town" (line 44-45).

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PART B: Select the best possible answer for the effect the previous words or phrases create on the poem *Blue horse/Red rocks*

• Color imagery is emphasizing the dangerous nature of earth elements

• Color imagery is emphasizing how inspirational nature can be

• Color imagery is emphasizing the frozen nature of the statue and making blood-red rocks seem alive.

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