Dreams by Langston Hughes

In the poem, the most appropriate synonym for "dream" is?

• a) memory

• b) wish

• c) goal

• d) fantasy

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6.4.b

Maybe it just sags like a heavy load Line 9 and 10 appeal to__________ and ______________ (Select 2)

• the sense of taste

• the sense of sound

• the sense of smell

• the sense of sight

• the sense of touch

How does the reader know which line the poet feels most strongly about in "A Dream Deferred"?

• Hughes poses it as a question.

• Hughes starts with this line as the first possible answer.

• Hughes ends with this line by spacing it out and putting it in italics.

• Hughes uses a simile to convey the importance of this particular line.

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6.5.e

How would "Dream Deferred" be different if it were written in first-person narrative instead of as a poem?

• The reader may not like the poem at all.

• The reader may not feel as free to experience their own emotions as

  Intensely as the author's.

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6.5.g

How do the poems (1)What Happens to a Dream Deferred? and (2) Dreams contrast?

• the first has similes, the second has metaphors

• the first has metaphors, the second has similes

• the first has figurative language but the second doesn't

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6.5.i

What types of figurative language are found in this excerpt? (Select 2)

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

• hyperbole

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6.4.d

What term could be used to describe the mood in A Dream Deferred?

• dismal

• optimistic

• spontaneity

• hopeful

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6.5.e

Compared to the first poem "Harlem/A Dream Deferred", the tone of the second poem "Dreams" is more

• angry

• excited

• instructive

• questioning

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6.5.e

What is the mood?

• sorrowful

• irritated

• puzzled

• apprehensive

I Dream a World by Langston Hughes
A world I dream where black or white,
Whatever race you be,
Will share the bounties of the earth
And every man is free,
What is the mood?

• hopeful

• fearful

• agitated

• puzzled