Viewpoint In I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings

Mrs. Flowers had known that I would be embarrassed and that was even worse. I picked up the groceries and went out to wait in the hot sunshine. It would be fitting if I got a sunstroke and died before they came outside. Just dropped dead on the slanting porch. There was a little path beside the rocky road, and Mrs. Flowers walked in front swinging her arms and picking her way over the stones. She said, without turning her head, to me, "I hear you're doing very good school work, Marguerite, but that it's all written. The teachers report that they have trouble getting you to talk in class." We passed the triangular farm on our left and the path widened to allow us to walk together. I hung back in the separate unasked and unanswerable questions. "Come and walk along with me, Marguerite." I couldn't have refused even if I wanted to. Although Marguerite's thoughts tell the reader directly that she was embarrassed, her actions let the reader infer that she was also

What should the reader study to make inferences about the personality traits of people in a text? Check all that apply.

Which phrases representing the idea of freedom connect the poem to the autobiography?

Both "The Caged Bird" and "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" share the same

How do the events in "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" most influence Maya Angelou's later poem, "The Caged Bird"?

Read the passage from "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings." Momma said, "Sister, I know you acted like a little lady. That do my heart good to see settled people take to you all. I'm trying my best, the Lord knows, but these days . . ." Her voice trailed off. "Go on in and change your dress." From Momma's words, what can the reader infer about the type of parent she was?

Read the passage from "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings." I have tried often to search behind the sophistication of years for the enchantment I so easily found in those gifts. The essence escapes but its aura remains. To be allowed, no, invited, into the private lives of strangers, and to share their joys and fears, was a chance to exchange the Southern bitter wormwood for a cup of mead with Beowulf or a hot cup of tea and milk with Oliver Twist. When I said aloud, "It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done . . ." tears of love filled my eyes at my selflessness. What is the most likely reason author Maya Angelou included this passage?

In I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, author Maya Angelou's purpose is to tell about her childhood, while her ___________ shows how she thinks and feels about her childhood.

Which excerpt from "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" best justifies the inference that Bailey is a supportive brother to Marguerite?

In "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings," Marguerite is like the caged bird in the poem "The Caged Bird" because she feels