WorksheetsSTILL I RISE
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 13mins
Don't you take it awful hard
'Cause I laugh like I've got gold mines
Diggin' in my own back yard."
What word has the same meaning as haughtiness is used in this stanza?
'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?"
"But still, like air, I'll rise," this line is an example of which type of figurative language?
simile
metaphor
allusion
personification
"Out of the huts of history's shame," this quote is which of the following?
An allusion of segregation
An allusion of slavery
simile about her life
a metaphor about Africa
"Just like the moon and like suns...still I'll rise." What is this quote emphasizing?
Her love for science
Her getting up when she falls on the ground
Her overcoming one difficult challenge
Her ability to continuously overcome obstacles.
"Does my sassiness upset you? Why are you beset with gloom?" Based on the way beset is used, which is the best synonym?
unhappiness
plagued
sadness
free
"You can cut me with your eyes," is an example of which type of figurative language?
personificaiton
allusion
metaphor
simile
Even the title "Still I Rise," implies that the mood will most likely be which of the following?
sorrowful
discouraged
ecstatic
inspiring
The poem "Still I Rise" has a tone that can best be described as which of the following?
hateful
meloncholy
confident
cheerful
Which would be the best description of the theme of the overall poem "Still I Rise?"
sometimes you are your own worst enemy
love conquers all
friendship is dependent of sacrifice
don't let anyone or anything keep you from accomplishing your dreams
The overall conflict in the poem "Still I Rise," is which of the following?
external conflict, she is having difficulty with the ocean and her environment
external conflict, this was written during segregation (her vs. society)
internal conflict, she has a difficult decision to make
internal conflict, she is doubting herself
Which of the following quotes is an example of personification?
"history's shame"
"bitter, twisted lies"
"into a daybreak that wondrously clear"
"shoulders falling down like teardrops"
"You may shoot me with your words,You may cut me with your eyes,You may kill me with your hatefulness,But still, like air, I'll rise."
Even the title "Still I Rise," implies that the mood will most likely be which of the following?
sorrowful
discouraged
ecstatic
inspiring
What is not something Angelou describes other people doing to prevent the speaker from rising?
Shoot her with their words
Cut her with their eyes
Blind her with their lies
Kill her with their hatefulness
The following lines from “Still I Rise” contain which two poetic devices? “Does my haughtiness offend you? Don't you take it awful hard ’Cause I laugh like I've got gold mines Diggin’ in my own backyard.”
Rhetorical question and simile
Hyperbole and metaphor
Oxymoron and anaphora
None of the above
What is NOT a comparison for how the speaker rises in “Still I Rise”?
Like air
Like dust
Like bubbles
Like moons
What is NOT a way of describing the tone of “Still I Rise”?
Defiant
Celebratory
Downtrodden
Optimistic
In the poem “Still I Rise,” Angelou says the speaker is the hope and dream of who?
The woman
The child
The ancestor
The slave
