"On Aging" by Maya Angelou
Authored by Abby Roberts-Gush
English
10th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
In the poem, the aging speaker uses the literary device of [.............] to address an unknown "you" to highlight their self-sufficiency and independence.
apostrope
anaphora
epistrophe
diacope
Tags
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
CCSS.RL.11-12.8
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.4
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Though they're part of a larger stanza, the first four lines of the poem work as a [.......]
rhymed couplet
free verse tercet
rhymed quatrain
prose poem
Tags
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.11-12.13
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
"Like a sack left on a shelf" is an example of [.....]
mimesis
personification
metaphor
simile
Tags
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
CCSS.RL.11-12.8
CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RL.8.10
4.
FILL IN THE BLANK QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
The repetition of "Hold! Stop..." in lines 5-6 is an example of....
Tags
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
CCSS.RL.11-12.8
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.4
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What does colloquial mean in this context?
not formal or literary
formal and rigid
technical and specific
rhyming and lyrical
Tags
CCSS.RL.2.6
CCSS.RL.8.3
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
"Don't bring me no rocking chair." is an example of.....
double negative in AAVE
Zero Copula in AAVE
Hyperbolic language in AAVE
Unambiguous statement in colloquial language
Tags
CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RI. 9-10.7
CCSS.RI.11-12.7
CCSS.RI.8.7
CCSS.RL.9-10.7
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
When my bones are stiff and aching,
And my feet won’t climb the stair,
I will only ask one favor:
Don’t bring me no rocking chair.
This extract features....
Synesthetic rhythm
assonance
anaphora
diacope
Tags
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
CCSS.RL.11-12.8
CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RL.8.10
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