
Poetry 1-30
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8th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What are the "dried tokens" that the dinosaurs left behind in "On the Pulse of Morning"?
stones
stone carvings
eggshells
fossils
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
In the beginning of Angelou's "On the Pulse of Morning," which of the following is personified first?
The Rock
The Tree
The River
The Wind
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What does the capitalization of the words Rock, River, and Tree in "On the Pulse of Morning" imply about these things?
These are their proper names.
They do not have any names yet.
They represent more than one specific rock, river, or tree.
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The Rock in Angelou's "On the Pulse of Morning" cries out to "You, created only a little lower than / The angels." Who is the "you" in this poem?
The mastodons
Humanity
Early hominids
An abstract concept of America
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
In "On the Pulse of Morning" by Maya Angelou, she connects the "distant destiny" of humanity with:
The bruising darkness of ignorance.
The hastening doom of dinosaurs and mastodons.
The angels in heaven
Westward expansion
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
After the first stanza of "On the Pulse of the Morning," Angelou starts the second with the line "But today, the Rock cries out to us, clearly, forcefully," indicating
a bold call to action.
a main theme of the poem.
a pivot from the past to the present.
All the above.
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Although "On the Pulse of Morning" features no end rhyme, it does contain internal rhyme. Which two words does Angelou choose to emphasize?
Doom and gloom
Bird and word
Rock and block
Face and grace
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