"Praise Song for the Day"

Who is singing in this poem?

• Everyday American citizens of all kinds and immigrants

• Everday citizens

• Minorities

• Those who came to America for other nations

What is the song in this poem?

• unity

• the jobs done by immigrants in the nation

• the accomplishments of our nation in honoring all those who have worked to achieve them and continuing to do so unity

• the past of the immigrants who came to this nation and became unified by the culture of the United States

What is the third stanza about?

• unity

• doing difficult jobs

• rising above circumstances

• loving the United States

Which literary devices is being used when the author refers to noises?

• hyperbole, because the author is exaggerating how loud they are

• onomatopoeia, because it describes sound

• metaphor, because the author is describing the busy life style of every day and the things we do or do not notice as noise

• allegory, because the author is showing how the songs of the American people work together to create a beautiful nation

What is significant about the date of this poem in relation to "I, Too" Sing America"?

• It was written for the presidential inauguration that opened the door to new immigrants and broadened the American song.

• It was written for the presidential inauguration that led the way to new jobs being created, and the song of America is the workers working to create America.

• It was written for the presidential inauguration in which the darker brother was finally president and it continued that idea by saying the praise song is moving forward.

• There is no comparison between the two.

Who is stanzas 7 and 8 referring to?

• immigrants

• citizens

• teachers

• soldiers

How could adding this cartoon from the Gilded Age affect this passage?

• It shows the reader the history of immigrants in the United States as described in Stanzas 7 and 8.

• It is a visual representation of the building of America on the backs of hard workers and helps the reader understand the difficulty of the nation being built in Stanzas 9 and 10.

• It adds a visual representation of the song that is being described by the author and how it made the United States and easy place to live as described in Stanza 2.

• There is no connection between the picture and the poem.

What is this poem about?

• Working to build a perfect nation

• The struggles that have been overcome and those who have overcome them to lead to the day that is the inauguration of the first Black President

• Migrating to the United States

• Building a new world in unity

What does the author mean by spiny and smooth?

• There are both difficulties and privileges when living in America.

• It is a metaphor that means as we communicate with one another, sometimes we use harsh words and sometimes we use kind words.

• It means that minorities in the United States have had both hard times and good times through our history.

• It is a simile that means there are awesome opportunities in our country, but that it can be hard to achieve them.