Maya Angelou/Life Doesn't Frighten Me

Maya Angelou was born in

• 1828

• 1928

• 1998

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She worked with ___________ and ___________ during the civil rights movement. (choose all correct answers)

• Martin Luther Kind

• Rosa Parks

• Malcolm X

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Her novel, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, is:

• A biography

• An autobiography

• Literature

• An essay

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She wrote and read the poem, On the Pulse of the Morning, for _______________'s inauguration in 1993

• President Bush

• President Clinton

• President Obama

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She also won the Literarian Award in what year?

• 1991

• 1992

• 1993

• 1994

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Write 2 of the common writing THEMES in Maya Angelou's poetry:

(Capitalize your words)

(a)  

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What was 1 struggle and 1 accomplishment in Maya Angelou's life?

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The poem, Life Doesn't Frighten Me At All, is told from the perspective of who?

• An old woman

• An adult

• A teenager

• A child

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What is the Message (or meaning) of this poem?

• To list the things you're scared of

• Face your fears with courage

• Kids are afraid of lots of things

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Rhyme Scheme is a _________ of rhyming words in a poem.

• Pattern

• Repetition

• Personification

• Simile or Metaphor

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