STILL I RISE

What is the title of the poem?

• Still I Rise

• I Rise

• The Hope of the Slave

• Rising Up

What does the speaker compare themselves to in the line 'But still, like dust, I'll rise'?

• A tree

• A river

• Dust

• A mountain

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What does the speaker compare their walk to in the line '’Cause I walk like I've got oil wells Pumping in my living room'?

• A sprint

• A dance

• A stroll

• A march

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What does the speaker say they laugh like in the line '’Cause I laugh like I've got gold mines Diggin’ in my own backyard'?

• A miner

• A clown

• A child

• A hyena

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What does the speaker compare themselves to in the line 'But still, like air, I’ll rise'?

• A balloon

• Air

• A cloud

• A bird

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What does the speaker say they dance like in the line 'That I dance like I've got diamonds At the meeting of my thighs'?

• A storm

• Diamonds

• A flame

• A river

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What does the speaker say they are rising up from in the line 'Up from a past that’s rooted in pain'?

• Shame

• Fear

• Pain

• Joy

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What does the speaker say they are bringing in the line 'Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave'?

• Dreams

• Gifts

• Hope

• The past

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What does the speaker say they are the dream and hope of in the line 'I am the dream and the hope of the slave'?

• The present

• The slave

• The future

• The ancestors

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What is the last word repeated three times in the poem?

• Hope

• Slave

• Rise

• Dream