Still I Rise

"But still, like air, I'll rise," this line is an example of which type of figurative language?

• Simile

• Allusion

• Personification

• Metaphor

Which of the following best describes the author's primary purpose for writing "Still I Rise"?

• The author wanted to write a letter of appreciation to her ancestors.

• The author wanted to demonstrate her strength of spirit despite living in a society designed for her to fail.

• The author wanted to demonstrate her ability to effectively use interesting similes and metaphors in the hopes it would one day be taught in English classes around the world.

• None of the above

In "Still I Rise," what does Maya Angelou mean when she says "Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave, I am the dream and the hope of the slave"

• She means that her ancestors passed down pictures and jewelry for her to sell to her slave masters to buy her freedom.

• She means that she is the reason why her ancestors endured slavery. She is saying that her ancestors knew that if they just tolerated being slaves for a few hundred years, eventually things would change.

• She means that she is the physical embodiment of her ancestor's hopes and dreams. She is a free woman and she is living the life that her ancestors could only dream to live.

• All of the above.

In "Still I Rise" the speaker's audience is most likely

• white people, especially those wishing for her to fail

• her ancestors

• her children

• her husband

Which of the following details best summarizes "Still I Rise"

• An African-American woman confronts her oppressors by asking a series of rhetorical questions followed by clever metaphors that express her self-confidence. She ends the poem by making declarative statements that connect her present life to the struggles of her ancestors, ending the poem in an uplifting fashion.

• A woman acquiesces to her oppressors by showing them that she will comply with their hopes for her to be broken and weakened by the systemic oppression she faces. At the end of the poem, she hopes and dreams for freedom, but it is only in her mind, not in reality.

• A former slave stands up to her masters and gains her freedom by writing a series of similes and metaphors that convince the masters to set her free. By the end of the poem, she has gained her freedom and rises into liberty.

• All of the above.

Still I Rise" and "Mother To Son" are similar in that

• They both have a female speaker

• They both deal with perseverance

• They are both a mother's advice to her son

• All of the above

Read the stanza from the poem.
'Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave,I am the dream and the hope of the slave.
I rise
I rise
I rise. "
Why does she repeat "I rise?"

• To emphasize.

• To understate.

• To depreciate.

• To forget.

What is the primary theme of Maya Angelou's poem 'Still I Rise'?

• A) Resilience and empowerment

• B) Love and romance

• C) Fear and anxiety

• D) Isolation and loneliness

Which literary device is predominantly used in the poem 'Still I Rise' to convey strength and defiance?

• A) Hyperbole

• B) Irony

• C) Repetition

• D) Oxymoron

In the context of 'Still I Rise,' what does the phrase 'You may trod me in the very dirt' suggest?

• A) Physical violence

• B) Social oppression

• C) Environmental pollution

• D) Economic hardship