Based on the information in the poem Midsummer, what is the speaker's perspective on England?
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The speaker thinks that England has serious racial equality issues.
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Which are factors that influence a person's perspective? Check all that apply.
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Age
Race
Gender
Nationality
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Read the excerpt from Midsummer by Derek Walcott.
the child's fairy tale of an antic England—fairy rings,
thatched cottages fenced with dog roses,
a green gale lifting the hair of Warwickshire.
The allusion to the country province of Warwickshire
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provides a visual and emotional contrast to the Brixton riot scenes.
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What can allusions do? Check all that apply.
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convey a lot of information quickly
add layers of meaning to a text
bring out specific feelings and emotions
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Allusions can help reveal a person's
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perspective.
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Read the excerpt from Midsummer by Derek Walcott.
Praise had bled my lines white of any more anger,
and snow had inducted me into white fellowships,
while Calibans howled down the barred streets of an empire
Based on the allusion to Calibans, readers can infer that the speaker
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feels that the rioters are similar to this Shakespearean character.
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Read the excerpt from Midsummer by Derek Walcott.
The leaf stems tug at their chains, the branches bending
like Boer cattle under Tory whips that drag every wagon
nearer to apartheid.
Based on the allusion to Tory whips, readers can infer that the speaker thinks that
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there are many examples of oppression throughout history.
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Which quotation from Derek Walcott's Midsummer contains an allusion?
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in the alleys of Brixton
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Read the excerpt from Midsummer by Derek Walcott.
With the stampeding hiss and scurry of green lemmings,
midsummer's leaves race to extinction like the roar
of a Brixton riot tunneled by water hoses;
they seethe toward autumn's fire—it is in their nature,
being men as well as leaves, to die for the sun.
Based on the excerpt, what is the speaker's perspective on the riot?
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The speaker thinks that the riot was somewhat inevitable.
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Based on the speaker's allusions in Midsummer to Shakespeare and sonnets, readers can infer that the speaker
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is deeply familiar with Shakespeare and his works.
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Read the excerpt from Midsummer by Derek Walcott.
Their thick skulls bled with rancor
when the riot police and the skinheads exchanged quips
you could trace to the Sonnets, or the Moor's eclipse.
Which factors most influence the speaker's perspective?
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race and culture
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A person's way of thinking about and seeing a situation is a(n)
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perspective.
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Read the excerpt from Midsummer by Derek Walcott.
Praise had bled my lines white of any more anger,
and snow had inducted me into white fellowships,
Which factor most influences the speaker's perspective?
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race
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Which words or phrases contain allusions? Check all that apply.
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Canadians
the streets of Santa Fe
Maya Angelou's books
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Based on the author's allusions in Midsummer to "the child's fairy tale," "fairy rings," and "thatched cottages fenced with dog roses," readers can tell that the speaker
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feels that an idealized version of England does not exist.
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Read the excerpt from Midsummer by Derek Walcott.
the child's fairy tale of an antic England—fairy rings,
thatched cottages fenced with dog roses,
a green gale lifting the hair of Warwickshire.
The allusion to the country province of Warwickshire
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provides a visual and emotional contrast to the Brixton riot scenes.
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