"Caged Bird" by Maya Angelou

What does the free bird represent? (a)  

• White American Community
• African American Community
• Maya Angelou
• Immigrants

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CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

What does the free bird symbolize?

• slavery

• injustice

• freedom

• racial discrimination

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CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

What does the caged bird represent?

• Maya Angelou

• immigrants

• White American Community

• African American Community

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CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

What does the caged bird symbolize?

• restrictive movement

• freedom

• people are in jail

• happiness

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CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

Identify two examples of personification?

• "dares to claim the sky"

• "till the current ends"

• "and dips his wings"

• "in the orange sun rays"

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

What is alliteration?

• an object showing a quality of a human

• same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words

• words that rhyme in the middle of the same line

• the use of the same word or phrase multiple times

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

Identify an example of alliteration.

• "can seldom see through"

• "his wings are clipped"

• "his feet are tied"

• "he opens his throat to sing"

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CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

Which lines of the poem show that the caged bird has never been free?

• "his wings are clipped / his feet are tied / so he opens his throat to sing" (lines 12-14)

• "his tune is heard / on the distant hill / for the caged bird / sings for freedom" (lines 19-22)

• "The caged bird sings / with a fearful trill / of things unknown / but longed for still (lines 31-34)

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CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

What does the caged bird's singing reveal about him?

• He is terribly unhappy.

• He prefers to sing rather than to fly.

• He does not know how to sing.

• Singing is te only way he can talk to other birds.

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CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

Read these lines from the poem:

But a bird that stalks

down his narrow cage

can seldom see through

his bars of rage

What do these lines reveal about the caged bird?

• The caged bird is aware of his surroundings.

• The caged bird has strong feelings about his situation.

• The caged bird is satisfied with his life.

• The caged bird has difficulty flying.

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CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5